Meanings
- Exclamation of complete surprise.
Yesterday, Frears told the Guardian that he was surprised and honoured: "Stone me!" as Jim Broadbent said when he got his Oscar.".
2007 January 12, Simon Hattenstone, “First for UK directors as Frears heads Cannes jury”, in The GuardianSynonyms: stone the crows
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionExclamation of complete surprise.
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stone me. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stone%20me
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