| 单词 | on tib's eve |
| 释义 | > as lemmason Tib's Eve Tib's Eve n. dialect see quots.; on Tib's Eve, never. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [noun] > time or date which never comes Latter Lammas1559 nevermas?1562 the week of the four Fridays1766 Tib's Eve1785 nevermore1951 the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > never neverOE ne'erc1275 late?a1439 naya1547 Latter Lammas1559 when the devil is blind1645 on (at) the Greek Calendsa1649 Queen Dick1652 tomorrow come never1660 nowhena1767 on Tib's Eve1785 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) Saint Tibb's evening, the evening of the last day, or day of judgement; he will pay you on St. Tibb's eve (Irish). 1870 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable St. Tib's Eve, never. 1893 in Notes & Queries 8th Ser. IV. 507, etc. 1893 Newcastle Weekly Chron. Suppl. 23 Dec. 3 There is no such saint in the calendar as St. Tib. [But see note in Etymol.] Similar expressions to ‘Tib's Eve’ are ‘At Latter Lammas’, and ‘When two Sundays meet’, the time in each case being never. 1902 Notes & Queries 9th Ser. IX. 109/1 ‘Yes..it will be on Tib's Eve, neither before nor after Christmas’, expressing thus his incredulity as to the event ever coming off. < as lemmas |
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