| 单词 | to say the hard word |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto say the hard word b. Irish English. Esp. in to say the hard word. A proposal of marriage. Now rare. ΚΠ 1899 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ Some Experiences Irish R.M. vi. 123 It was but little under five years from that autumn evening..when I had said what is called in Ireland ‘the hard word’, to the day in August when I was led to the altar by my best man. 1909 Blue Mountain Echo (Katoomba, New S. Wales) 18 Sept. 12/3 As..Dermot's month drew to a close, he said, what we call in Ireland, ‘the hard word’. < as lemmas |
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