God's copen.

Brit.

/ɡɒdz ˈkəʊp/, U.S.

/ˌɡɑdz ˈkoʊp/

Forms: late Middle English Goddis cope, 1500s Goddes coope, 1500s Goddes coupe, 1500s–1600s Gods cope, 1900s– God's cope.

Origin: Probably either (i) formed within English, by compounding. Or (ii) a borrowing from Dutch, combined with an English element. Etymons: god n., cope n.³; god n., Dutch coop.

Etymology: Probably < the genitive of god n. + either cope n.³ (although this is apparently first attested later) or its etymon Middle Dutch coop purchase, financial transaction (Dutch koop).The second element has also been interpreted as cope n.¹ (with reference to the unattainable heavens being God's cloak; compare cope of heaven n. at cope n.¹ 7a), but the earliest attestations of the phrase are in the context of legal and financial metaphors.

Now archaic and rare.

A proverbial expression for: something impossible to obtain; a very large sum.

ΚΠ

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 453 (MED) But þerof he shall be sikir as of goddis cope.

1520 R. Whittington Uulgaria sig. D.j He wolde spende goddes coupe [L. Tantaleas opes] yf he had hit.

c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Ciii^v He y^t wil not stoupe a dodkin at y^e dice, per chaunce at cardes wil spend Gods cope.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Montemari, impossibilities, gods cope, heauen and earth, seas and mountaines.

1608 R. Tofte tr. L. Ariosto Satyres vi. 86 He spends Gods cope vpon that brothell slut.

1980 C. Erickson Great Harry xiv. 109 Wary of playing another man's game, he could be beaten easily at his own, where he had the reckless confidence to wager ‘God's cope’ itself.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gods cope
释义	God's copen. Brit. /ɡɒdz ˈkəʊp/, U.S. /ˌɡɑdz ˈkoʊp/ Forms: late Middle English Goddis cope, 1500s Goddes coope, 1500s Goddes coupe, 1500s–1600s Gods cope, 1900s– God's cope. Origin: Probably either (i) formed within English, by compounding. Or (ii) a borrowing from Dutch, combined with an English element. Etymons: god n., cope n.³; god n., Dutch coop. Etymology: Probably < the genitive of god n. + either cope n.³ (although this is apparently first attested later) or its etymon Middle Dutch coop purchase, financial transaction (Dutch koop).The second element has also been interpreted as cope n.¹ (with reference to the unattainable heavens being God's cloak; compare cope of heaven n. at cope n.¹ 7a), but the earliest attestations of the phrase are in the context of legal and financial metaphors. Now archaic and rare. A proverbial expression for: something impossible to obtain; a very large sum. ΚΠ c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 453 (MED) But þerof he shall be sikir as of goddis cope. 1520 R. Whittington Uulgaria sig. D.j He wolde spende goddes coupe [L. Tantaleas opes] yf he had hit. c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Ciii^v He y^t wil not stoupe a dodkin at y^e dice, per chaunce at cardes wil spend Gods cope. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Montemari, impossibilities, gods cope, heauen and earth, seas and mountaines. 1608 R. Tofte tr. L. Ariosto Satyres vi. 86 He spends Gods cope vpon that brothell slut. 1980 C. Erickson Great Harry xiv. 109 Wary of playing another man's game, he could be beaten easily at his own, where he had the reckless confidence to wager ‘God's cope’ itself. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1460
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