单词 | soon and safe |
释义 | > as lemmassoon and safe P3. safe and soon (also soon and safe): unharmed and with little delay. Cf. sense 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] safec1325 unharmed1340 safe and soona1393 sicker and safea1398 halea1400 lotlessa1400 harmless1418 unsunkc1586 hunk1856 hunky1861 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. l. 2188 (MED) So that thei mihten sauf and sone The water passe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. i. 48 And soone, and safe, [she] arriued where I was. View more context for this quotation 1839 Tait's Edinb. Mag. July 476/1 Soon and safe may you return, for the prayer of the fatherless and widow will be along wid yees. 1867 Leisure Hour 1 Oct. 626/2 You must leave your house and land..and go far away among the cold uncivil strangers. But you will come back safe and soon. 1917 S. Calif. Practitioner Oct. 161/2 The war is..taking away many of our best physicians, surgeons, and specialists. May they all return soon and safe. 2005 in C. H. Cash Table in Presence viii. 164 I hope you all get back safe and soon. The whole country..depends on you our soldiers. < as lemmas |
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