| 单词 | true as god |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(as) true as God (also Bob) (b) (as) true as God (also Bob) and variants: emphasizing that a claim, statement, etc., is absolutely correct or accurate. Cf. bob n.9 Now chiefly South African. ΚΠ 1591 G. Babington Serm. Preached at Court at Greenwich 26 The drift of it is Gods truth, as true as God, that vnthankfulnes is odious to the Lord. a1635 R. Sibbes Learned Comm. 2 Cor. i. (1655) 382 The threatenings of God must needs be true, even as true as God himself. 1670 I. Tonge tr. N. Perrault Jesuits Morals ii. 293 To say, This is as true as the Gospel, or this is as true as God, is no blasphemy. 1841 Monthly Mag. Dec. xii. 553 ‘True as Bob!’ cried my father; ‘I am a member of the genteel suckles of society.’ 1857 Knickerbocker Feb. 165 Captain Percy, tell me where my son is; for as true as God you know! 1947 P. Abrahams Mine Boy (2006) v. 48 It is so, sister, 's true 's God. 1980 H. Leonard Life ii. in Sel. Plays (1992) 362 I'll tell you what else I remember. Will yous listen... No, this is as true as God. 2012 N. Smart Hell Camp xv. 75 Hell Camp was buried—as true as Bob! < as lemmas |
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