just me
103
6.7
- idiom
- Informal
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- When it comes to this decision, it's just me who thinks we should wait.
- Maybe it's just me
- just me, I think
- just me, I say
OK, but that's just me judging it off of two swatches.
- OK, but that's just me judging it off of two swatches.
- Like, I don't know if it's just me, but I feel like I wouldn't say that.
Examples
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So my mum's gone home now and it's just me and little Nala Bear.
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In no time, the street emptied out, and it was just me and Huge standing there alone.
Fiction book (1995) -
No, that was just me talking to nobody.
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So it's just me, right guys?
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It's just me and my brother now.
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Is it just me, or does it sound like there are people after this guy?
Fiction book (2001) -
As with most projects, it's just me around here, with my own two hands.
Blog text (27) -
Just you, just me, Ben, think about it, all right?
Fiction book (1995) -
Say, is it just me, or does everyone think Fox Mulder is hot?
Fiction book (1997) -
Not a soul in sight, just me and a row of young, newly planted conifers.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
75
9.9
Say that something is your own opinion in a slightly funny or defiant way
A phrase people used in older English to say I think
Antonyms
How Personal
- Informal
103
6.7
906
2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
just + me
The meaning 'only I' or 'only my opinion' is directly and predictably composed from 'just' (limited to) plus the first-person pronoun 'me' (the speaker). This limiting + pronoun pattern is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common compositional structure, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE’s meaning.
Etymology
Just me may come from the simple image of one person standing alone and saying they are the only one who thinks this. Just means 'only' and me is the speaker, so when someone says just me they mean 'only my opinion', not everyone agrees.