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单词 honest-to-God
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Definition of honest-to-God in English:

honest-to-God

adjective
informal
  • attributive Genuine; real.

    an honest-to-God celebrity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The honest-to-God truth is that nobody in Russia or the West knows what he is going to do as president.
    • She's an honest-to-God psycho when it comes to those things.
    • For two weeks I allowed myself foolish daydreams about going on an honest-to-God date.
    • And I can tell when he's fibbing or when he's telling the honest-to-God truth.
    • The flying was spread out over a couple of days and, at one point, he was doing a real, honest-to-God interview with me.
    • If we are to judge journalism by the Washington press elite, it would appear that the art of honest-to-God investigative journalism is in retreat - and has been for some time.
    • If, however, you're an honest-to-God psychic then I guess there's no point in seeing this; you already know what's going to happen.
    • Everyone here treats them with honest-to-God conservative compassion, and they seem to be just fine with that.
    • It had been years since an honest-to-God woman had been in his life.
    • The embarrassing truth is that the book needed much more editorial care and honest-to-God desk editing.
    • The honest-to-God truth was, he probably didn't care.
    • It is an honest-to-God piece of calypso music, the tempo resolutely upbeat and the mood positively festive after the first couple of tracks.
    • She knew the next question Shawn was going to ask, and intended to answer it with the honest-to-God truth.
    • ‘I don't even know how to put this into words, to tell the honest-to-God truth,’ Harvick said after the win.
    • She is a brash, abusive, and obnoxious woman who seems to think she's a real, honest-to-God filmmaker.
    • The best solution is full-blooded, honest-to-God privatisation.
    • It's a paragraph from an honest-to-God news item.
    • Observers can debate whether the President considers his embellishments and misrepresentations to be the honest-to-God truth or whether he cynically hurls falsehoods to con the public.
    • I'm not involved with anyone else, that's the honest-to-God truth.
    • I'm looking forward to next semester, my first as an honest-to-God arts student.
exclamation
informal
  • Genuinely; really.

    ‘You mean you didn't know?’ ‘Honest to God!’
 
 

Definition of honest-to-God in US English:

honest-to-God

adjectiveˌɑnəsttəˈɡɑdˌänəsttəˈɡäd
informal
  • attributive Genuine; real.

    an honest-to-God celebrity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • For two weeks I allowed myself foolish daydreams about going on an honest-to-God date.
    • It had been years since an honest-to-God woman had been in his life.
    • Everyone here treats them with honest-to-God conservative compassion, and they seem to be just fine with that.
    • The flying was spread out over a couple of days and, at one point, he was doing a real, honest-to-God interview with me.
    • If we are to judge journalism by the Washington press elite, it would appear that the art of honest-to-God investigative journalism is in retreat - and has been for some time.
    • I'm not involved with anyone else, that's the honest-to-God truth.
    • ‘I don't even know how to put this into words, to tell the honest-to-God truth,’ Harvick said after the win.
    • It's a paragraph from an honest-to-God news item.
    • Observers can debate whether the President considers his embellishments and misrepresentations to be the honest-to-God truth or whether he cynically hurls falsehoods to con the public.
    • And I can tell when he's fibbing or when he's telling the honest-to-God truth.
    • The best solution is full-blooded, honest-to-God privatisation.
    • If, however, you're an honest-to-God psychic then I guess there's no point in seeing this; you already know what's going to happen.
    • It is an honest-to-God piece of calypso music, the tempo resolutely upbeat and the mood positively festive after the first couple of tracks.
    • The honest-to-God truth is that nobody in Russia or the West knows what he is going to do as president.
    • The honest-to-God truth was, he probably didn't care.
    • She knew the next question Shawn was going to ask, and intended to answer it with the honest-to-God truth.
    • The embarrassing truth is that the book needed much more editorial care and honest-to-God desk editing.
    • She's an honest-to-God psycho when it comes to those things.
    • I'm looking forward to next semester, my first as an honest-to-God arts student.
    • She is a brash, abusive, and obnoxious woman who seems to think she's a real, honest-to-God filmmaker.
exclamationˌɑnəsttəˈɡɑdˌänəsttəˈɡäd
informal
  • Genuinely; really.

    as exclamation “You mean you didn't know?” “Honest to God!”
 
 
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