单词 | a good evening to you |
释义 | > as lemmasa good evening to you 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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