| 单词 | kingdom come |
| 释义 | kingdom come (once / 10794 pages) n Use the term kingdom come to mean "forever" or "heaven." You might sigh that you'll be cleaning up the sand your brother's dog tracked around your apartment until kingdom come. Saying you'll do something until kingdom come is an exaggerated way to express your feeling that it will last forever — until the end of time. An alternate way to use the expression is to mean "the next world," which implies an afterlife, or death. An action movie bad guy might threaten to use a bomb to "blow you all to kingdom come." The origin is Biblical; it's thought to come from the line from the Lord's Prayer, "thy kingdom come." WORD FAMILYkingdom come USAGE EXAMPLES‘KINGDOM COME’ Two lonely women search for connection online with unexpected results in Jenny Rachel Weiner’s low-key but likable comedy-drama. New York Times(Nov 17, 2016) But I can add that “Kingdom Come” ends on a moving note. New York Times(Nov 02, 2016) Still, the study found that only 15% of scientists in the United Kingdom come from a working-class background. Nature(Jun 30, 2016) 1n the end of time you can wet the bed till kingdom come, for all I care Hyper future, futurity, hereafter, time to come the time yet to come 2n the next world he nearly blew us to kingdom come Hyper afterlife, hereafter life after death |
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