the next thing I/she etc knewinformal used when something surprising happens very suddenly 〔意外发生时〕我/她等只知道 The next thing I knew, I was lying face down on the pavement. 等我反应过来时，我已经趴在人行道上了。
the next thing I/she etc knew• I had hardly dated, and the next thing I knew I was getting married.• And the next thing I knew, I was here.• I started to run and the next thing I knew I was lying on the kitchen table.• I must have fallen asleep, for the next thing I knew I was woken by the ringing of the telephone.• But the next thing she knew she was crying.• I fell asleep, and the next thing I knew, some one was waking me.• He slipped something in my wine and the next thing I knew was that we were on the Continent.
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