单词 | for god's sake |
释义 | > as lemmasfor God's sake b. In earnest appeals or exhortations, as for (also †fore) God's love, for God's sake (also for God sake, for Godsake, for God's sakes), in (also †a, †o', †on) God's name. for the love of God: see love n.1 Phrases 1a(a). on God's half: see half n. Phrases 1b(c). [With in (also †a, †o', †on) God's name compare Anglo-Norman a nun deu in similar use (first half of the 14th cent. or earlier).] ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [phrase] > earnest expressions for (also fore) God's loveeOE for the love of GodeOE for God's sakec1386 for (also of) all lovesa1400 for love's sakea1400 in (also a, o', on) God's namea1400 of all lovea1400 for pity1484 for pity's sake1484 eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iv. iii. 266 Ic þa la halsie & bidde fore Godes lufan [L. obsecro], þæt þu me gesecge hwæt se song wære. OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) Pref. 2 Nu bidde ic and halsige on godes naman gif hwa ðas boc awritan wylle, þæt he hi geornlice gerihte. ?a1300 Fox & Wolf l. 36 in G. H. McKnight Middle Eng. Humorous Tales (1913) 26 Be stille, ich hote, a godes nome! c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 8968 Madame he sede uor godes loue is þis wel ido Þat þou þes vnclene limes handlest. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4798 Ga we alle, In godds nam. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 4800 I ȝou pray for goddes sake. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 854 What wel come be the Cut in goddes name. 1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. K viij These a Gods name wear their targettes again the shot of our small artillerie. 1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 15 For God sake let not my tutor know it. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. i. 252 But what a Gods name doth become of this? View more context for this quotation 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist v. iii. sig. L4 For Gods sake, when will her Grace be at leasure? View more context for this quotation 1650 A. Weldon Court & Char. King James 103 For God's sake, tel me, said the King. 1706 J. Stevens tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (ed. 2) II. lxx. 408 Sleep o'God's Name..if thy Twitching, Pinching, and Pin-pricking will give thee leave. 1735 A. Pope Prol. to Satires in Wks. II. 101 Hold! for God-sake—you'll offend. 1799 C. B. Brown Ormond x. 108 What, in God's name, did she want with him at that hour? Could she not wait, at least, till he had done his supper? 1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 173 For God's love, a little air! 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 28 For God's sake,..let it be at once. 1883 R. L. Gilchrist Apples of Sodom vi. 60 For God's sakes what is the matter? 1955 E. Hillary High Adventure 175 For God's sake, Charles, keep an eye on John! 1995 I. Banks Whit (1996) xiv. 234 Well, then, God's sakes, Isis!.. All the more reason to tell Salvador to take a hike! 2004 A. Levy Small Island ii. 22 Gilbert, what in God's name have you done? for God's sake 8. In exclamatory phrases of adjuration, as for God's sake, for goodness' sake.For further illustration see goodness n. Phrases 1, god n. and int. Phrases 1b, mercy n. 3, pity n. 2c. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [phrase] > earnest expressions for (also fore) God's loveeOE for the love of GodeOE for God's sakec1386 for (also of) all lovesa1400 for love's sakea1400 in (also a, o', on) God's namea1400 of all lovea1400 for pity1484 for pity's sake1484 the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > miscellaneous depardieuc1290 by God's namec1330 by God's roodc1330 by God's eyes1340 God's soul1345 for God's sakec1386 cock's soulc1405 God's armsc1405 by God's dooma1425 (by) (God's) nailsa1500 by God's fast?1515 God's lord?1520 God's sacramenta1529 God's dominusc1530 by God's crown1535 God's bread1535 God's gown1535 God's guts1543 of God's word?1550 God's hat1569 Gods me1570 marry (a) Godc1574 God's malt1575 God's ludd?1577 God's sacring?1577 God's sokinges?1577 trunnion?1577 (by) God's will1579 God's teeth1580 'Shearta1596 God's light1598 by God's me1599 'Snails1599 'Slight1600 God's diggers1602 'Swill1602 od's mea1616 od's my lifea1616 'Sprecious1631 'Sbores1640 odso1660 for sake('s) sake1665 Gad's precious1677 heartlikins1677 od1681 'Sdiggers1687 (Lord) love you (also your heart)1707 God's fury1748 heartikins1751 S'fire1791 nom de Dieu1848 'strewth1892 Lord lumme1895 lumme1898 the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene loOE spi?c1225 how mischance——?c1330 with mischance!c1330 by my hoodc1374 by my sheath1532 by the mouse-foot1550 what the (also a) goodyear1570 bread and salt1575 by Jove1575 in (good) truly1576 by these hilts1598 by the Lord Harry1693 by the pody cody1693 by jingo!1694 splutter1707 by jing!1786 I snore1790 declare1811 by the hokey1825 shiver my timbers1834 by the (great) horn spoon1842 upon my Sam1879 for goodness' sake1885 yerra1892 for the love of Mike1896 by the hokey fiddle1922 knickers1971 c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 24 Now spede yow hastily for cristes sake. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4800 And i yow prai, for drightin sak [Gött. for goddes sake]. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxviii. 279 For goddes sake aduyse you well that ye come not there. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms vi. 4 Oh saue me, for thy mercies sake. 1879 W. D. Howells Lady of Aroostook xvi Hold on, for Heaven's sake! 1885 ‘F. Anstey’ Tinted Venus 32 ‘For goodness' sake, say something’, he cried wildly. < as lemmas |
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