| 单词 | the man upstairs |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe Man Upstairs f. the Man Upstairs, euphemistic and slang for ‘God’. Cf. up there adv. 1. U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > as man gomec1320 wyec1400 the Man Upstairs1961 1961 J. Heller Catch-22 xviii. 184 ‘When you talk to the man upstairs,’ he said, ‘I want you to tell Him something for me.’ 1971 Guardian 8 Oct. 9/4 Everything that's happened to me has been very much because of the Man Upstairs. 1976 H. Kemelman Wednesday Rabbi got Wet xix. 129 I'd just lost my wife, see. I guess the Man Upstairs wanted her. < as lemmas |
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