单词 | forever and ever, amen |
释义 | > as lemmasforever and ever, amen c. humorous. forever and ever, amen: for all future time; = sense A. 1a. [After the concluding formula in prayers, especially the doxology following the Lord's Prayer in e.g. the Book of Common Prayer.] ΚΠ 1930 ‘H. Z. Smith’ Not so Quiet iv. 94 The heroes you will sentimentalise over until peace is declared, and allow to starve for ever and ever, amen, afterwards. 1996 J. T. Hospital Oyster (1997) 320 And so on, and so on, for ever and ever amen in Bernie's pub, non-stop through the cold war period. 2000 J. Pemberton Forever & Ever Amen xxiii. 134 They would've gone on dancing the South American way forever and ever amen if they'd had coconut and palm trees. < as lemmas |
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