| 单词 | to swear on a stack of bibles |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto swear on a stack of Bibles c. to swear on a stack of Bibles (see quot. 1909). U.S. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (intransitive)] > swear or take an oath > take exaggerated or emphatic form of oath to swear on a stack of Bibles1866 1866 M. Reid Headless Horseman lvii. 287 I'll sware it on the crass—or a whole stack av Bibles if yez say so. 1909 Dial. Notes 3 378 Swear on a stack of Bibles (a mile high),..an exaggerated or emphatic form of oath. 1926 M. J. Atkinson in J. F. Dobie Rainbow in Morning (1965) 82 I would not believe him if he swore to it on a stack of Bibles as high as his head. 1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues ii. 33 Mom..swore on a stack of Bibles I was eighteen. < as lemmas |
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