| 单词 | god give you a good evening | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasGod give you a good evening  1.  As part of a customary expression of good wishes on meeting or parting during the evening or (formerly) the afternoon (cf. sense  B.). Originally in  God give you a good evening; now chiefly in  to wish (also bid) (a person) (a) good evening, and (as an address)  a good evening to you. ΚΠ 1593    W. Perkins Direct. for Govt. Tongue vi. 33  				Our common formes of salutations are commendable: which are of divers sortes: as when one meetes another, God save you:..in the morning, God give you a good morning: after noone, God give you a good evening. 1627    W. Duncomb tr.  V. d'Audiguier Tragi-comicall Hist. our Times  iv. 68  				At his entrance into the chamber, hee said, God give you a good evening Sir. 1684    T. Otway Atheist  ii. 17  				What, Daredevil, a good Evening to thee. 1720    C. Shadwell Irish Hospitality  iv. i, in  Five New Plays 385  				Gentlemen, a good Evening to you. 1768    I. Bickerstaff Absent Man  i. iv. 12  				Land. I hear Mr. Shatterbrain coming up, so I'll take my leave. Doctor. I wish you a good evening. 1840    T. S. Fay Countess Ida I. xv. 123  				‘Well,’ said Elkington, ‘we understand each other, then. I wish you a good-evening. Good-night, my love.’ 1857    Putnam's Monthly Mar. 314/1  				I have said all I came to say. I bid you a good-evening. 1914    Hints Feb. 19/1  				A good evening to you all. 1999    C. Maxwell Married in Haste 97  				Brenn had left the Ottleys' without wishing her a good evening. < as lemmas  | 
	
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