| 单词 | when the devil is blind |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhen the devil is blind ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > never neverOE ne'erc1275 late?a1439 naya1547 Latter Lammas1559 when the devil is blind1645 on (at) the Greek Calendsa1649 Queen Dick1652 tomorrow come never1660 nowhena1767 on Tib's Eve1785 1645 H. Burkhead Trag. Cola's Furie ii. 35 We shall be payd, when the divell is blinde. 1662 A. Brome Rump (new ed.) 9 But when this comes to passe, say the Devil is blind. c1702 Bagford Ballads (1876) 74 For we will be Married, When the Devil is Blind. 1725 N. Bailey tr. Erasmus All Familiar Colloquies 288 They'll bring it about when the Devil's blind [L. id fiet ad Calendas Graecas]. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 40 Nevercut. I'll make you a fine Present one of these Days. Miss. Ay; when the Devil's blind; and his Eyes are not sore yet. 1832 Times 15 Mar. Somebody had cried out ‘God bless the King’ and the prisoner Gilchrist had answered he would say God bless the King when the devil was blind. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words (at Horn) In a horn when the devil is blind, spoken ironically of a thing never likely to happen. Devon. < as lemmas |
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