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单词 as i live
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as I live (and breathe)
b. as I live (and breathe): used to express emphatic affirmation of the truth of something; later frequently also expressing surprise at an event or situation; cf. as conj. 13.
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1592 Arden of Feversham iv. iv. 26 As surely as I liue, Ile banish pittie if thou vse me thus.]
1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor iv. v. sig. Nivv Sog. Farewell good Resolution, but faile not to meet. Shift. As I liue.
a1625 J. Fletcher Noble Gentleman i. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Dd3/1 O my meiching varlet, I'le fit ye as I live.
1668 J. Dryden Sr Martin Mar-all v. 56 As I live and breathe, this is pleasant.
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xii. 118 But as I live, yonder comes Moses, without an horse, and the box at his back.
1785 A. M. Bennett Anna IV. lxxxviii. 168 Good heavens!.. As I live and breathe there is Anna's old swain.
1841 C. G. F. Gore Cecil III. iv. 84 As I live and breathe, the fellow looked me full in the face and cut me dead!
1882 Ballou's Monthly Mag. July 54/1 Their baggage has already arrived, and O dear! what shall I do with it all? Nine great Saratogas, as I live.
1922 Harper's Mag. Mar. 530/2As I live, Brew's going stepping,’ he commented, surveying the newcomer in the doorway.
1987 ‘B. Vine’ Fatal Inversion (BNC) 36 Good God, Wyvis Hall, as I live and breathe.
2004 T. Wolfe I am Charlotte Simmons iii. 72 Well, as I live and breathe... Whirred you folks git that? I don't mean to pry.
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