| 单词 | to wish to goodness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto wish (also hope, etc.) to goodness c. to wish (also hope, etc.) to goodness: used to emphasize the wish, hope, etc., that something should happen or be the case. Also surely to goodness: used to emphasize the expectation that something ought to happen or be the case. ΚΠ 1725 M. Davys Lady's Tale in Wks. II. 152 He did so ogle, and so leer, and so stare—well, I hope to Goodness, he's in love with you, Madam. 1806 M. Wilmot Let. 13 Dec. in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) iii. 274 I wish to Goodness all my Books were this moment in the Music Room. 1843 Metropolitan Nov. 303 Surely to goodness you threw the horrible finger away the very next morning, Clairford? 1875 A. Trollope Way we live Now II. lxi. 68 He ‘wished to goodness’ that he had dined at his club. 1907 N. Munro Daft Days xvi. 142 I wish to goodness folk here had a little git-up-and-go to them! 1945 L. Lenski Strawberry Girl xiv. 179 I declare to goodness, looks like hit got rained on. 1995 R. Shaw Talk of Village (2001) xii. 144 Surely to goodness 'e's learned 'is lesson. < as lemmas |
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