| 单词 | take someone's name in vain |
| 释义 | take someone's name in vainSpeak casually or idly of someone, as in There he goes, taking my name in vain again. This idiom originated as a translation from the Latin of the Vulgate Bible (Exodus 20:7), “to take God's name in vain,” and for a time was used only to denote blasphemy and profanity. In the early 1700s it began to be used more loosely as well. Words nearby take someone's name in vaintake someone at his or her word, take someone for a ride, take someone in, take someone's life, take someone's measure, take someone's name in vain, take someone's part, take someone's point, take someone's word for, take something, take something on faith The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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