| 单词 | gracious me! |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgracious me! In various exclamatory phrases expressing surprise, dismay, remonstration, or entreaty, often as a euphemism for God (cf. god n. and int. Phrases 1e(a)), as gracious!, Oh (also Ah) (my) gracious!, good gracious!, gracious me!, gracious sakes!, etc. See also goodness gracious (me) at goodness n. Phrases 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > exclamation of surprise [interjection] whatOE well, wellOE avoyc1300 ouc1300 ay1340 lorda1393 ahaa1400 hillaa1400 whannowc1450 wow1513 why?1520 heydaya1529 ah1538 ah me!a1547 fore me!a1547 o me!a1547 what the (also a) goodyear1570 precious coals1576 Lord have mercy (on us)1581 good heavens1588 whau1589 coads1590 ay me!1591 my stars!a1593 Gods me1595 law1598 Godso1600 to go out1600 coads-nigs1608 for mercy!a1616 good stars!1615 mercy on us (also me, etc.)!a1616 gramercy1617 goodness1623 what next?1662 mon Dieu1665 heugh1668 criminy1681 Lawd1696 the dickens1697 (God, etc.) bless my heart1704 alackaday1705 (for) mercy's sake!1707 my1707 deuce1710 gracious1712 goodly and gracious1713 my word1722 my stars and garters!1758 lawka1774 losha1779 Lord bless me (also you, us, etc.)1784 great guns!1795 mein Gott1795 Dear me!1805 fancy1813 well, I'm sure!1815 massy1817 Dear, dear!1818 to get off1818 laws1824 Mamma mia1824 by crikey1826 wisha1826 alleleu1829 crackey1830 Madonna mia1830 indeed1834 to go on1835 snakes1839 Jerusalem1840 sapristi1840 oh my days1841 tear and ages1841 what (why, etc.) in time?1844 sakes alive!1846 gee willikers1847 to get away1847 well, to be sure!1847 gee1851 Great Scott1852 holy mackerel!1855 doggone1857 lawsy1868 my wig(s)!1871 gee whiz1872 crimes1874 yoicks1881 Christmas1882 hully gee1895 'ullo1895 my hat!1899 good (also great) grief!1900 strike me pink!1902 oo-er1909 what do you know?1909 cripes1910 coo1911 zowiec1913 can you tie that?1918 hot diggety1924 yeow1924 ziggety1924 stone (or stiffen) the crows1930 hullo1931 tiens1932 whammo1932 po po po1936 how about that?1939 hallo1942 brother1945 tie that!1948 surprise1953 wowee1963 yikes1971 never1974 to sod off1976 whee1978 mercy1986 yipes1989 the mind > emotion > exclamation of emotion [interjection] goodness1623 agad1672 Godsokers1672 Oh dear!1694 law1763 lud1767 Dear me!1773 Lor1776 dear knows!1805 Great God!1819 Great Scott1852 Jehoshaphat1857 lors1860 Great Sun!1867 Great Caesar!1870 gracious me!1884 my (giddy, sainted, etc.) aunt!1886 snakes1891 lieber Gott1898 my gosh!1920 cor1931 1712 J. Gay Mohocks ii. 13 Oh Gracious what's this our Peter? 1744 W. Warburton Remarks Occas. Refl. 140 Goodly and gracious! Here he shews how capable a Reader he is of the Divine Legation. 1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man i. 14 Good gracious, can I believe my eyes or my ears! 1794 A. M. Bennett Ellen I. 18 ‘Gracious!’ she exclaimed. 1850 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 137 My startled look and exclamation, ‘Oh, gracious!’ 1856 H. B. Stowe Dred I. xi. 144 'Married! O, my gracious! 1860 Harper's Mag. July 197/1 Gracious sakes, hain't there gals enough, and putty ones tew, to our Meetin'? 1884 D. Pae Eustace 14 Gracious me, how does she come to be the sister of that huge salmon-fisher? 1885 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham iii. 59 By gracious!..there ain't anything like that in this world for business. 1893 ‘Q’ Delectable Duchy 155 ‘I hope to gracious you'm goin' to keep it up.’ 1896 W. W. Skeat & T. Hallam Pegge's Two Coll. Derbicisms (at cited word) Ah gracious! an exclamation for ah gracious God! or, ah be gracious unto me! 1908 E. M. Forster Room with View xii. 202 ‘Gracious alive!’ cried Mrs. Honeychurch. ‘Whoever were those unfortunate people? Oh, dears, look away!’ 1917 P. G. Wodehouse Uneasy Money ix. 99 ‘Nutty, he's bitten.’.. ‘Good gracious! What by?’ 1969 B. Head When Rain Clouds Gather xii. 179 Ha, ha. Gracious me, George. Don't tell me you want to die now. You're just a spring chicken. < as lemmas |
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