单词 | thank god |
释义 | > as lemmasthank God (b) thank God (also † God thank: see thank n. 4a). Also God be thanked, God be praised ( praise God, praised be God), † loved be God (cf. love v.2 1a), etc. [After post-classical Latin Deo gratias, lit. ‘thanks to God’ (10th cent. as interjection), and similar phrases; compare Anglo-Norman merci Deu, Deu merci and Middle French Dieu merci, interjections (12th cent.). Compare Middle Dutch gotdanc, godanc, interjection (Dutch goddank).] ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > gratitude > [adverb] > thanking divine providence God-thankc888 God be thanked1600 thank God1753 eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) Pref. 9 Uncuð hu longe ðær swæ gelærede biscepas sien, swæ swæ nu Gode ðonc wel hwær siendon. OE tr. Abbo of St. Germain Sermo in Cena Domini (Corpus Cambr. 190) in D. Bethurum Homilies of Wulfstan (1957) 372 And ge, Gode þanc, nu todæg beoð eft underfangene on cyrcan swylce into neorxnawange for eowre behreowsunge. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 11 (MED) Unbileue..is aiware aleid and rihte leue arered, godeðonc. c1300 St. Mary of Egypt (Laud) l. 175 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 266 I-blessed be god þat bringueth þe soule bote. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2005 Þus wolde þe theues me haue reft, But god-þank, he hauenet sure keft. a1425 (c1333–52) L. Minot Poems (1914) 3 Bot, loued be God, þe pride es slaked Of þam [etc.]. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) cxii. §2. 398 Louyd be god fra this tyme of grace, that now is, whils this warldis standis, & withouten end. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xciii. 303 Syr, thanked be god we haue vaynquysshed the Emperoure. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. i. 183 You breake iests as braggards do their blades, which God be thanked hurt not. View more context for this quotation 1607 Merrie Iests George Peele 12 The fellowe told him God be praised his good Landlord was well recouered. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ ii. i. 1 Thanke God I..am recovering and picking up my crummes apace. 1668 in A. Agnew Hist. Hereditary Sheriffs of Galloway (1864) 372 I Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw Knyht Barronett, being, praised be God, in health and perfect memories. 1753 Scots Mag. July 320/2 Most of the landholders have now, thank God! abandoned that..religion. 1778 F. Burney Evelina I. xvi. 103 ‘Is not Madame Duval then with you?’ ‘With me! No,—thank God.’ 1842 Ld. Tennyson Lady Clare in Poems (new ed.) II. 196 ‘O God be thank'd!’ said Alice the nurse, ‘That all comes round so just and fair.’ 1888 W. H. H. Murray Doom of Mamelons i. 11 God be praised that I reckoned the course aright. 1898 H. Macfall Wooings Jezebel Pettyfer xxxi. 329 ‘Thank Gahd!’ she muttered, ‘the Lord have delivered she into my hands.’ 1916 J. Buchan Greenmantle xxii. 305 Oh, god be thanked, it's our friends! 1963 E. Hyams New Statesman vii. 116 It is not, thank God, in the English character to face the fact that a man is a dismal failure and kick him out. 1986 B. Fussell I hear Amer. Cooking iii. xii. 210 I have made them perforce hours ahead and they were still, praise God, delicious. 1991 R. Davies Murther & Walking Spirits ii. xxi. 89 God be praised, Anna has made it! thank God g. Ejaculatory phrases, as thank God ( †I thank God (obsolete), God be thanked, etc.), thank goodness, thank heaven. Also thank God for that (now frequently in weakened use); thank God hold (Mountaineering): an easy hold at the top of a difficult climb. See also god n. and int. Phrases 1a(b) to thank one's (or the) stars, to congratulate oneself on one's good fortune: see star n.1 ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > expressing relief [interjection] thank goodnessc1330 T.G.1934 thank fuck1973 the mind > emotion > gratitude > thanks [interjection] > thanks to divine providence thank Godc1330 God-a-mercya1500 God-a-thank1657 thank goodness1811 thank heaven1840 thank God for that1918 thanks be1924 T.G.1934 the mind > emotion > gratitude > give thanks [verb (intransitive)] > for one's good fortune to thank one's (or the) stars1600 the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > rejoice or exult [verb (intransitive)] > congratulate oneself to thank one's (or the) stars1600 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > hold footholea1589 fingerhold1720 handhold1726 side hold1829 toe-hole1876 push hold1904 side pull1920 under-hold1920 pressure hold1941 hand jam1948 thank God hold1955 undergrip1955 jug1957 chickenhead1961 crimp1994 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 134 Þanked be God of heuen. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 196 God be yhered and y-þonked. 1426 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1836) I. 76 I..in gud mynd, thanket be God. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxiv. 530 Hole & sounde, thanked be god! 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 754/2 I am one of them, God be thanked! 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. v. 13 Yes I thank God, I am as honest as any man liuing, that is an old man, and no honester then I. View more context for this quotation 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre Induct. sig. A4v in Wks. II Yet I kept the Stage in Master Tarletons time, I thanke my starres. 1730 H. Fielding Temple Beau iv. iii. 49 Sir Harry, you may thank your Stars that conducted you to me. 1796 F. Burney Camilla III. v. vii. 99 Now..I have not the gift of writing, at which, thank God, I have left off repining. 1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude III. lix. 283 I was all that, thank goodness, as I always say, last grass. 1834 T. Hawkins Mem. Ichthyosauri 42 But I should..thank the stars and the Cholera that it was no worse. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Shabby Genteel Story ii I am here, thank Heaven, quite alone. 1872 Punch 11 May 199/1 Thank goodness we have a House of Lords. 1918 A. P. McKishnie Willow xxi. 303 His world was at rest, once more. Thank God for that! 1949 G. Davenport Family Fortunes iii. ii. 222 ‘Thank God for that,’ he said. 1955 S. Styles Introd. Mountaineering xi. 127 The term thank-god hold, which has become part of British climbing jargon, originated on the third ascent of the slab on Route II, Lliwedd East Buttress, when as each climber got his hand over the good knob at the top he expressed his heartfelt gratitude in the same two words. 1978 P. Gillman Fitness on Foot v. 67 A sense of relief on reaching the top of a difficult climb to discover enormous holds to finish on. These are known as ‘thank God’ holds. 1978 I. B. Singer Shosha i. 16 Thank God, I found friends among members of the Writer's Club. < as lemmas |
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