英语词汇“god's honest truth”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

God's truth n. and int. colloquial (a) n. the absolute truth (also with the and as a count noun); also God's honest truth; (b) int. used as an oath.This compound use is distinguished from the simple, literal use ‘true doctrine revealed by or attributed to God’; see, for example, quot. 1737 at sense A. 5a.

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1734 Proc. Old Bailey 10 July 151/1 What I swear, is upon the Truth, and God's Truth.

1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. ii. xiv. 192 Now, Sir master of mine, is not this God's truth.

1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 162/1 Na, for that matter, it's a God's truth, that at the dead hour of midnight..I heard her speaking to herself.

1865 J. R. Lowell in Atlantic Monthly June 796 ‘Chance wun't stop to listen to debatin'!’—‘God's truth!’ sez I.

1882 Rep. Select Comm. 153 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (47th Congr., 1st Sess.: Senate Rep. 878) IV Now, you may not believe me, but this is God's honest truth.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) That there's God's truth, nif tidn I an't got a thick stick in my hand!

1896 Evening News (Sydney) 13 May 7/1 ‘Why, God's truth,’ said she, ‘I've forgotten the tay! Now to think o' that!’

1902 O. Wister Virginian x. 111 In admittin' yourself to be a liar you have spoke God's truth for onced.

1951 S. H. Bell December Bride i. vii. 46 To tell ye the God's truth, Agnes, I'm a very worrit man, and I don't know what way to turn, at all!

2006 Daily Mail (Nexis) 31 Jan. The agent..said he had ‘never been asked for, been offered, or given a backhander, and god's truth I don't know anyone who has’.

2010 J. McGregor Even Dogs (2011) iv. 128 Steve's done his time and that's the God's honest truth.

单词	god's honest truth
释义	> as lemmas God's honest truth God's truth n. and int. colloquial (a) n. the absolute truth (also with the and as a count noun); also God's honest truth; (b) int. used as an oath.This compound use is distinguished from the simple, literal use ‘true doctrine revealed by or attributed to God’; see, for example, quot. 1737 at sense A. 5a. ΚΠ 1734 Proc. Old Bailey 10 July 151/1 What I swear, is upon the Truth, and God's Truth. 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. ii. xiv. 192 Now, Sir master of mine, is not this God's truth. 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 162/1 Na, for that matter, it's a God's truth, that at the dead hour of midnight..I heard her speaking to herself. 1865 J. R. Lowell in Atlantic Monthly June 796 ‘Chance wun't stop to listen to debatin'!’—‘God's truth!’ sez I. 1882 Rep. Select Comm. 153 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (47th Congr., 1st Sess.: Senate Rep. 878) IV Now, you may not believe me, but this is God's honest truth. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) That there's God's truth, nif tidn I an't got a thick stick in my hand! 1896 Evening News (Sydney) 13 May 7/1 ‘Why, God's truth,’ said she, ‘I've forgotten the tay! Now to think o' that!’ 1902 O. Wister Virginian x. 111 In admittin' yourself to be a liar you have spoke God's truth for onced. 1951 S. H. Bell December Bride i. vii. 46 To tell ye the God's truth, Agnes, I'm a very worrit man, and I don't know what way to turn, at all! 2006 Daily Mail (Nexis) 31 Jan. The agent..said he had ‘never been asked for, been offered, or given a backhander, and god's truth I don't know anyone who has’. 2010 J. McGregor Even Dogs (2011) iv. 128 Steve's done his time and that's the God's honest truth. extracted from godn.int. < as lemmas
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