どっこい | [dokkoi] (exp) heigh-hoh; heave-ho; hold on!; just a minute [Add to Longdo] |
どっこいどっこい | [dokkoidokkoi] (adj-na) about the same; about equal to; close match [Add to Longdo] |
I was expecting it to be a bad book, but damn me if it wasn't quite good after all. | どうせ駄作だろうと思っていたのだけど、どっこいなかなかいい本だった。 |
No, no! That's not right. | どっこい。そうはいかないよ。 |