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单词 take someone's name in vain
释义

take someone's name in vain

Use someone’s name in a way that shows a lack of respect.Meanwhile a so-called rival diarist has been taking her name in vain, referring sneeringly to her brief career as an author of bodice rippers....
  • For every Broons there's been a Magoons (Meet the Magoons was the short-lived Caledonian curry-house sitcom that was actually pretty good, but I'm taking its name in vain because I need a rhyme).
  • ‘Someone taking my name in vain?‘said Caroline.
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