单词 | top of the morning |
释义 | > as lemmas(the) top of the morning j. Chiefly Irish English. (the) top of the morning: (used as a greeting) ‘good morning’. Cf. sense A. 30a.In later use chiefly used self-consciously or humorously as representing a stereotypically Irish expression. ΚΠ 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. iv. 69 The top of the morning to you, sir. 1940 McCall's June 101/3 Top of the morning, Mrs. Weld! 2010 Irish Post (Nexis) 25 Aug. Haven't we all said: ‘Top o' the mornin' to ye’ to the odd tourist—just to give them value-for-money type of thing. < as lemmas |
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