单词 | god lord) knows what |
释义 | > as lemmasGod (also (the) Lord) knows (also wot) what (b) God (also (the) Lord) knows (also wot) what. Cf. lord n. and int. Phrases 2c, god n. and int. Phrases 1d(b)(iii). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun] > thing or person whose name is forgotten or unknown swilk and swilkc1175 thinga1325 what-call-ye-him1473 who knows what?1548 I don't know (also I know not, I wot not) what1568 God (also (the) Lord) knows (also wot) what1569 washical1575 what-d'ye-call-'em1593 so-and-so1596 whiblin1604 so-fortha1616 jiggumboba1625 know-not-whata1642 thingum1652 thingum-thangum1684 what's-his-name1697 something or other1706 thingummy1737 thingamabob1751 something1764 what's-her-name1816 conundrum1817 thingamerry1819 thingamajig1824 somebody1825 what's-its-name1839 whangdoodle1852 thingummytite1865 dingus1866 what-not1876 whatsita1882 gilguy1883 gadget1886 dingbat1894 doohickey1914 oojah1917 oojah capivvy1917 oojiboo1918 doodad1920 tiddlypush1923 whosis1923 thingy1927 doodah1928 doofer1937 hootenanny1940 whatchamacallit1942 gizmo1943 frammis1948 whosit1948 whifflow1961 oobyjiver1963 whatsisface1967 oojamaflip1970 what's-her-face1980 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 765 Sent, no man wist whether, to be done wyth, God wot what. 1662 A. Brome Rump (new ed.) i. 52 Next come those idle Twittle-twats, Which calls me many God-knows-whats. 1772 T. Bridges Burlesque Transl. Homer (rev. ed.) 42 Thetis, stroking your knees, as on the ground you sat, and rubbing up, the Lord knows what. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto IX lxvii. 38 They fell in love;—she with his face, His grace, his God-knows-what. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xiii. 190 He was always talking about centres of gravity, displacement of fluid, and Lord knows what. 1944 P. Larkin Let. 16 Apr. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 88 He has been getting smashing reviews, comparing him to Keats & the lord knows what. 1958 J. Cannan And be Villain i. 5 That blasted Primrose will have arrived by now—yak yak yak, talking Eve into God knows what. 2005 B. Keating & S. Keating Blood Sisters (2006) x. 187 Our herds could be infected with foot-and-mouth and God knows what. < as lemmas |
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