| 单词 | my bloody oath |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmy bloody oath P3. Australian and New Zealand slang. Used in interjections expressing agreement or endorsement, or as a mild expletive. Chiefly in my oath; also more emphatically my colonial oath, my bloody oath. ΚΠ 1848 R. Marsh Seven Years of my Life 70 Come along you bloody crawlers, you'll have to walk faster than this tomorrow..—my bloody oath you will. 1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. Geoffry Hamlyn II. vi. 94 ‘You're not fit company for any man except the hangman,’ said Tom,..‘Oh my —— (colonial oath!)’ said the other; ‘oh my —— cabbage tree!’ 1869 Lictor (Sydney) 16 Dec. 347 My oath! I'm as right as a first-rate quondong. 1895 J. Kirby Old Times in Bush x. 143 The snake..made a hoop of hisself, and then, my oath, he did go. 1896 H. Lawson While Billy Boils 203 ‘My oath!’ he replied... ‘My blooming oath!’ 1913 J. Beukers Humour & Pathos Austral. Desert 58 Whew, my colonial oath, but it's as hot as blazes to-day, chaps. 1925 H. H. Cook Far Flung 12 ‘Perhaps ye'll square up?’.. ‘My oath!’ cried the debtor. 1957 R. S. Porteous Brigalow 96 A beer? My oath! I'll be in that. 1971 D. Williamson Don's Party (1973) ‘Did he say that?’.. ‘Bloody oath he said it.’ < as lemmas |
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