单词 | as i live |
释义 | > as lemmasas 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. ΚΠ 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. 530/2 ‘As 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. < as lemmas |
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