单词 | christ alive |
释义 | > as lemmasChrist alive d. In the vocative with an interjection or modifier, used to express astonishment, dismay, etc., as in Christ alive, dear Christ, oh Christ, etc.Cf. Christ almighty int. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > referring to Jesus for Christ's sake (or sakes)eOE in (also a, o', on) Christ's nameeOE by Christ's, or His, woundsc1350 Christ's foot!c1450 by Gis1528 Jesus Christ1602 Christ1748 Christ almighty1810 jabbers1821 for Chrissakes1845 Jeez1896 jeepers1929 sweet Jesus1932 Jeezum1959 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xiv. 105 ‘O Ch-st! O Ch-st! sat a saight is here?’..he stared at me, and repeated, ‘O Ch-st!’ 1857 Jrnl. Kilkenny & S. E. Ireland Archaeol. Soc. 1 349 That I should survive O'Ruaire, O Christ, is a cruel destiny! 1935 J. Hanley Furys ii. 51 Oh Christ! Are you starting on that again? 1981 R. Cox K.G.B. Directive x. 220 Christ alive, he thought, thieves don't leave things tidy. 1991 A. Eagleson & S. Young Power Play i. 17 Holy Christ, Alan, am I going to catch hell about this! 2013 A. Marwood Killer Next Door (2014) xxv. 184 ‘Oh, dear Christ, Cher,’ he says... ‘What's happened?’ < as lemmas |
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