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单词 rest you merry
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rest you merry (also †fair, †happy)
a. rest you merry (also †fair, †happy): (as an expression of good wishes) ‘peace and happiness to you’. Now rare.Cf. sense 3b, to which this phrase may properly belong.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous formulae [phrase] > expressions of good wishes
God rest you merry1534
rest you merry (also fair, happy)1548
many happy returns (of the day, etc.)1714
c1300 (c1250) Floris & Blauncheflur (Cambr.) (1966) l. 158 So him sede child Floriz: ‘Rest þe murie, sire Daris.’]
1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Aue, bee thou gladde: or ioyfull, as the vulgare people saie Reste you mery.
?c1565 Iacke Iugeler (new ed.) sig. A.iii Our lord of Heuen and swete sainte Ihone Rest you merye my maisters euerychone.
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. ii. 83 Rest you merrie . View more context for this quotation
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. iii. 57 Rest you faire good signior, Your worship was the last man in our mouthes. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. i. 64 But I will hope of better deeds to morrow. Rest you happy . View more context for this quotation
1663 A. Cowley Cutter of Coleman-St. ii. viii. 26 Help me into my Bed; rest you merry, Gentlemen.
1706 T. Baker Hampstead Heath iv. ii. 45 Rest you merry, good People.
1774 J. Burgoyne Maid of Oaks i. ii. 14 Rest you merry, Master Carpenter—take a draught of the 'Squire's liquor, and welcome, you shall swim in it, when all is over.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. ii. 31Rest you merry, fair master,’ said the youth.
1896 N. Hopper Under Quicken Boughs 29 Then rest you merry, through heat and cold, Sweet lips of cherry, sweet heart of gold.
1912 L. A. Harker Mr. Wycherly's Wards x. 188 Get strong and rest you merry. And here is the Wordsworth; tell me when you find your poem.
1956 S. O'Casey Green Crow i. iii. 114 Mr. Coward is afraid to put Post Mortem..on the stage because, rest you merry, it would be unsuccessful in making money.
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