| 单词 | honest to goodness |
| 释义 | > as lemmashonest to goodness Phrases P1. to make (a woman) an honest woman, to make an honest woman of (a woman): to marry (a woman) with whom one has had sexual relations, or who is otherwise not considered to be respectable in terms of accepted standards of sexual morality; (later humorously without connotations of restoring respectability) to marry (a woman). Later occasionally also used of a man. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (transitive)] > a woman weda1000 brideOE spousec1300 wed to warisonc1330 to take to matrimonyc1400 wivec1425 to make (a woman) an honest woman1562 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > celebrate (a marriage) [verb (transitive)] > marry after seduction to make an honest woman of (a woman)1562 honest1611 honestifya1652 1562 in D. H. Fleming Reg. Christian Congregation St. Andrews (1889) I. 145 Sche refused otherwayis to consent, except he wald mak hyr ane honest woman. 1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) xiv. sig. D8 The best worke he does is his marrying, for it makes an honest woman. 1664 J. Wilson Cheats iii. iii. 38 Some or other should marrie her up, and make an honest woman of her. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xv. viii. 260 Miss Nancy was, in vulgar Language, soon made an honest Woman. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. xii. 211 She was now made an honest woman of. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ix, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 201 Effie was married—made, according to the common phrase, an honest woman. 1887 M. E. Braddon Like & Unlike III. v. 64 I wish he had been free to make your sister an honest woman. 1920 D. Goldring Fight for Freedom iii. 51 She will never consent to be made an honest woman of—just like a housemaid who has got into trouble. 1968 R. Harris Nice Girl's Story v. 38 When are you going to be made an honest woman? 1990 J. Deveraux Mountain Laurel xiv. 248 I guess you'll make an honest man out of me, won't you? You weren't taking advantage of me in the last few days? 2002 G. Hinton Desperate Hearts xi. 115 ‘Sam and I were married last year.’ Gloria..smiled. ‘Well I'm glad he made an honest woman of you.’ P2. to be honest: used as sentence adverbial to convey one's willingness to be candid or truthful: speaking frankly. In recent use frequently as an emphasizer. Frequently with modifying adverb as to be quite honest, to be perfectly honest, etc. ΚΠ 1743 [see sense A. 4e]. 1750 L. Briant Some Friendly Remarks Serm. preach'd Braintree 25 And then again (to be honest with you) I confess I have not sometimes been without my Doubts whether or no the Language in which Calvin wrote might not a little startle you. 1785 W. Hutton Bran New Wark 6 Inkhorn words, to be honest, we knaw lile abaut. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House li. 488 Sir,..to be honest with you (honesty being my golden rule, whether I gain by it or lose, and I find that I generally lose), money is the word. 1874 Harper's Mag. Nov. 852/1 Besides, to be quite honest, I was afraid the marchese, who was as lithe and agile as a tiger, would be more likely to kill Sebastiano. 1894 H. R. Chamberlain 6000 Tons of Gold xiii. 286 To be absolutely honest, I cannot plead complete ignorance of the dangers which I risked. 1942 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 2 Apr. 10/1 To be honest, I will admit that I am headstrong and do not like to be bossed. 1999 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 14 May 17 To be perfectly honest neither of those semi-finals was too hard. 2011 A. Fitzpatrick Strictly Legal 124 I never asked for any details to be honest. P3. colloquial (originally U.S.). honest to God (also honest to goodness, etc.). a. Used, frequently parenthetically, to emphasize the truthfulness or sincerity of a statement: genuinely, really. Cf. honestly adv. 4a. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adverb] > truly, genuinely trulyc1225 truea1400 veritably1481 veritable1490 authentically1593 indeeda1616 genuinely1640 real1645 unpretendingly1701 honest to God1892 1892 Christian Union (N.Y.) 21 May 990/1 ‘Honest to the Lord!’ burst out Mary Ann, ‘this do beat all!’ 1895 Scribner's Mag. Feb. 197/2 There ain't no call for you to believe what I say, but honest to God, this is only the second job o' this kind I ever was in. 1914 ‘B. M. Bower’ Flying U Ranch 192 Honest to grandma, a little gore would look better to me now than a Dutch picnic. 1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist v. 212 Oh, honest to God, if the crook of it caught him that time he was done for. 1929 W. H. Thomson That Terrier ‘Brick’ xiii. 69 Honest-to-goodness, I didn't know that I was doing anything wrong. 1953 S. Kauffmann Philanderer v. 80 We honest to God really dislike each other. 1992 I. Pattison More Rab C. Nesbitt Scripts 134 Honest to Christ, I've got my name doon for a double hip replacement, know what I'm saying? 2001 Mod. Maturity Nov. 87/1 Sometimes I look out there and, honest to Pete, I see those planes coming in. 2006 G. Malkani Londonstani ii. 18 You could tell if the people at home were friendly if the car parked in the driveway was a car with a friendly face. Honest to God, I in't jokin. b. In attributive use (usually hyphenated): genuine; sincere; unaffected, down-to-earth. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > genuine, real soothc888 soothlyc888 soothfastc1175 germanec1384 truea1398 sickera1400 upright?a1500 uncounterfeita1542 righteous1543 legitimate1551 truepennya1556 arrant1570 uncounterfeited1571 real1573 current1578 genuinal1599 unforged1610 unpretended1611 legitime1614 unabusinga1628 Lubish1632 genuine1639 undissembled1651 undissimulate1652 ingenuine1661 infallacious1677 real live1684 unfalsified1688 unmistaken1694 pukka1776 undissimulated1776 unassumed1818 uncynical1824 Simon Pure1834 sure-enough1837 unsimulated1840 straight-out1848 true blue1852 veritable1862 really (and) truly1864 authentic1868 true-metal1868 kosher1896 twenty-four carat1900 honest to goodness1905 echt1916 dinky-di1918 McCoy1928 twenty-two carat1962 right1969 1905 Lock Haven (Pa.) Express 23 Aug. (advt.) Rose cream. An ‘honest-to-goodness’, really meritorious preparation which when applied to the face relieves the smarting of sunburn. 1913 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Sentinel 24 Apr. 2/5 He is a regular honest-to-God man. 1937 J. B. Priestley Two Time Plays p. xi It was not until I substituted for him an honest-to-goodness exiled German professor that the play began to look right. 1969 P. Stursberg Those were Days xx. 69 There was nothing wrong with good honest-to-gosh partisanship,..you knew where a paper stood then. 1985 R. Silverberg Tom O'Bedlam (1986) iii. 64 A madhouse? Really? An honest-to-Christ nuthatch? 2012 M. R. Thompson I've had it up to here with Teenagers 119 When a mom or sister gets an honest-to-God compliment from a son or brother in the household, it's the real deal. P4. a. Chiefly Sport (originally U.S.). to keep (a person) honest: to ensure that (an opponent) does not gain an unfair or unearned advantage; to keep (an opponent) guessing as to one's tactics or approach. ΚΠ 1950 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 28 Sept. 13/5 In between times he throws an occasional fast ball ‘to keep the hitters honest’ and a few curves. 1988 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 22 Aug. He was kept honest by the hard-pressing Graham Stockley in his three litre Porsche RSR who finished second in both heats. 2005 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 19 Nov. (Sport section) 5 It's often necessary to play weak starting hands from time to time to mix things up and to keep your opponents honest. b. Australian. to keep the bastards honest: to ensure that politicians behave fairly and openly, and are accountable for their actions.Originally used as a slogan by Don Chipp (1925–2006), leader of the Australian Democrats, with allusion to the party's aim to hold the balance of power in the Australian Senate. ΚΠ 1980 Canberra Times 9 Oct. 2 ‘Keep the bastards honest’ is a good catch cry. So is participatory democracy, which is another Australian Democrat cry. 2017 S. Burnett Times & Rural Weekly (Queensland) (Nexis) 8 Sept. 40 Let's make all seats marginal. We can't keep the bastards honest, so let's make them nervous. < as lemmas |
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