单词 | as good as one's word |
释义 | > as lemmasas good as one's word (also promise) e. as good as one's word (also promise): carrying out to the full one's promises or pledges; trustworthy in not breaking one's promises or assurances. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > observance or carrying out a promise, law, etc. > be observant [verb (intransitive)] > of a promise as good as one's word (also promise)c1560 the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > observe, adhere, or keep a promise [verb (intransitive)] to make (hold, pay, keep, yield or break) a vowc1290 beholda1400 to hold touch (also the touches)c1400 faithc1410 withholda1450 to keep touch1541 adherec1550 as good as one's word (also promise)c1560 inhere1563 watch1608 maximize1875 c1560 T. Becon Sycke Mannes Salue f. ccxxviiiv Shall we doubt, whether the Lorde our God wyl be as good as his word? 1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 104/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II His true & honorable dealing, that to be as good as his word, would not seeme to shrinke from his freend. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 316 For that I promis'd you Ile be as good as my word. View more context for this quotation 1662 S. Pepys Diary 28 Feb. (1970) III. 38 To be as good as my word, I bid Will get me a rod. 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 17 Aug. 2/1 He has been as good as his Promise. 1761 A. Gouverneur Let. 27 Feb. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 670 You Accuse me of not being as good as my word. 1826 London Mag. July 404 He was as good as his word: he did go and sit down opposite a great French pie, besieged it in form, stormed, sacked, and pillaged it in a most complete and soldierly manner. 1864 Athenæum 29 Oct. 559/1 ‘A bad egg’,..a fellow who had not proved to be as good as his promise. 1928 Pop. Sci. Monthly Mar. 159/1 I promised her I'd get them to the Hilo in time, and I'm as good as my word. 1996 J. Garwood Wedding (1997) 159 Fortunately, Jamie was as good as her promise. 1999 C. S. Murray Boogie Man (2002) vii. 184 ‘I'm gonna get real funky now..,’ he announces, and he is as good as his word. < as lemmas |
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