单词 | far be it from |
释义 | > as lemmasfar be it from (me, etc.) e. Phrases. far be it from (me, etc.): a form of deprecation = ‘God forbid that (I, etc.).’ I'll be far (enough) if, etc.: a strong negation or refusal (colloquial). far to †find, seek: (a) hard to discover, out of the way; (b) of persons: at a loss. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [phrase] > difficult to find far to find, seek1382 the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > expressions of remonstrance [phrase] > against something specified far be it from (me, etc.)1382 the mind > language > statement > negation > [phrase] I'll be far (enough) if1752 I'll be shot (occasionally shortened to shot!) if1761 over my dead body1796 let's don't1854 I'll see you shot first1894 the mind > language > statement > refusal > [phrase] not if I can help it1682 I'll be far (enough) if1752 I'll be shot (occasionally shortened to shot!) if1761 to have none of it1849 not if you paid me1853 not likely1878 that's your problem1951 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > confused, at a loss [phrase] at one's wit's end (occasionally ends)1377 seek1390 will of wane (also wone)a1400 will of redea1425 on wild1477 to be at a muse1548 at a loss1592 at a stopa1626 in a fog?c1640 in a wood1659 at a wit-standa1670 at sea1768 at fault1833 far to find, seek1879 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xliv. 17 Josephe answerde, Fer be it fro me, that Y thus do. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xi. 77 Beþ þre fayre vertues and beeþ nauht ferr to fynde. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Isocrates in Panoplie Epist. 163 Bee it farre from me to utter any such speache. 1667 Earl of Cardigan in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 9 Farre be it from me..to enter into dispute with your Lordship. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 148. ⁋4 Far be it that I should attempt to lessen the Acceptance which Men of this Character meet with in the World. 1752 S. Foote Taste ii. 29 I'll be fur enough if it en't a May-game. 1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. viii. 312 Far, infinitely far, be such imputation from our thoughts. 1874 W. E. Gladstone in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 667 If instances must be cited, they are not far to seek. 1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such xvi. 285 Many minds..are far to seek for the grounds of social duty. 1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield (at cited word) ‘I'll be far if I do’ means ‘I will not.’ < as lemmas |
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