单词 | good golly |
释义 | > as lemmasgood golly (b) With another word euphemistically substituted, as good golly, good gravy, good land, good me, etc.good gracious: see gracious adj. and adv. Phrases. good grief: see grief n. 8a. good lack: see lack n.2 ΚΠ 1638 A. Cowley Loves Riddle v. sig. E6 Your son! goodlack. 1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man i. 14 Good gracious, can I believe my eyes or my ears! 1798 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1799) 2 216 I am ready to faint! Dear me! O la! Good me! 1845 J. F. Cooper Chainbearer I. vii. 189 Good land! Why don't they go to work? a1854 J. F. Kelly Humors of Falconbridge (1856) 357 ‘Good gravy, but don't they?’..says our Yankee. 1884 S. O. Jewett Mate of Daylight 184 ‘Good King Agrippy!’ said the amazed man, snatching it, and then holding it and looking at it as if he were afraid it would bite. 1886 Monthly Jrnl. (Brotherhood Locomotive Engineers) Aug. 532/1 Good golly! No wonder he never laughed none. 1909 M. E. Freeman Winning Lady 256 Good lad! ain't you goin' to let that poor child stay up? 1962 K. Vonnegut in If Jan. 62/2 ‘That upsets you?’ he said. ‘Good gravy, no!’ she said. 1986 B. Fussell I hear Amer. Cooking p. xxiii My mother said, ‘Good governor!’ and my father said, ‘Oh, shucks!’ 2001 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 6 May (Body + Soul section) 25 Good golly! What have you been up to?!? < as lemmas |
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