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# strewth

«strewth» in Mova's school dictionary: **a mild exclamation of surprise, shock or annoyance, from…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

exclamation (also struth)

### meaning for a pupil

(Australia, old-fashioned) a mild exclamation of surprise, shock or annoyance, from "God's truth". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strewth/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in Australian and old British speech, often by older people; mild, everyday, Australia, New Zealand. Comic in films about Australians.

### examples

- "Strewth! Look at the size of that spider!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strewth/#x1)
- Strewth, it's hot today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strewth/#x2)
- "Strewth, mate, you gave me a fright." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strewth/#x3)
- My Aussie grandpa says strewth when the cricket goes badly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strewth/#x4)
- "Strewth!" cried the farmer when the cows got out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strewth/#x5)
- You hear "strewth" in old Australian films. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strewth/#x6)

### note

It is mild, not rude, though it comes from a religious oath. Spelled strewth or struth. Not really used by young people.

### In the corpora

- [Others, like "blimey" and "strewth", were once oaths about God that have worn soft with time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/38-drat-and-the-f-word/5/)
- ["Strewth!" is an Australian cry of surprise that comes from "God's truth".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/38-drat-and-the-f-word/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «strewth» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strewth/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.