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• КАК БОГ СВЯТ obsoles, coll[Invar; usu. this WO]=====1. [sent adv (parenth) or predic (with subj: это or a clause)]⇒ undoubtedly, definitely:- surely;- you can be darn sure.♦ Между тем уважение к Надежде Петровне всё росло и росло. Купцы открыто говорили, что, "если бы не она, наша матушка, он [помпадур] бы, как свят бог, и нас всех, да и прах-то наш по ветру развеял!" (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). Meantime the respect in which Nadyezhda Petrovna was held grew and grew. The merchants were saying quite openly, "Were it not for her, that dear lady of ours, he [the pompadour] would surely have murdered us all by now and scattered our dust and ashes to the four winds!" (2a).2. [sent adv (parenth) or indep. clause]⇒ (used to emphasize one's sincerity and trustworthiness) I swear, honestly:- I swear it;- I swear to God!;- honest to God < to goodness>;- [in limited contexts] I swear before God;- cross my heart (and hope to die).♦ "Ты женишься, или я тебя прокляну, а имение, как бог свят! продам и промотаю, и тебе полушки не оставлю!" (Пушкин 3). "You will marry her or, I swear it, I'll curse you and sell up this whole estate and squander the money so that you won't get a single farthing" (3b).♦ "Как вам не стыдно было, - сказал я ему сердито, - доносить на нас коменданту после того, как дали мне слово того не делать?" - "Как бог свят, я Ивану Кузьмичу того не говорил, - отвечал он, - Василиса Егоровна выведала всё от меня. Она всем и распорядилась без ведома коменданта" (Пушкин 2). "Didn't you feel any shame in denouncing us to the commandant," I asked him angrily, "when you'd given your word that you wouldn't?" "God is my witness, I said nothing to Ivan Kuzmich," he replied. "Vasilisa Egorovna wormed the secret out of me. It was she who saw to it all without the commandant's knowledge" (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как бог свят
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1) (as) God is my witness; honest to God; by God2) God, Lord, goodness knows
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См. также в других словарях:
honest\ to\ goodness — • honest to goodness • honest to God adj. phr. informal Really; truly; honestly. Used to emphasize something said. When we were in Washington, we saw the President, honest to goodness. Honest to goodness, Jane, I think you are the messiest girl… … Словарь американских идиом
honest-to-goodness — • honest to goodness • honest to God adj. phr. informal Real; genuine. Used for emphasis. She served him honest to goodness deep dish apple pie. It was the first honest to goodness baseball game he d seen since going abroad … Словарь американских идиом
honest-to-goodness — ☆ honest to goodness [än′ist tə good′nis ] adj. Informal genuine; real; authentic: also honest to God … English World dictionary
honest-to-goodness — adjective (used informally especially for emphasis) a real honest to god live cowboy had us a high old time went upriver to look at a sure enough fish wheel • Syn: ↑honest to god, ↑old, ↑sure enough • Similar to … Useful english dictionary
honest to goodness — or[honest to God] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Really; truly; honestly. Used to emphasize something said. * /When we were in Washington, we saw the President, honest to goodness./ * / Honest to goodness, Jane, I think you are the messiest girl in the… … Dictionary of American idioms
honest to goodness — or[honest to God] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Really; truly; honestly. Used to emphasize something said. * /When we were in Washington, we saw the President, honest to goodness./ * / Honest to goodness, Jane, I think you are the messiest girl in the… … Dictionary of American idioms
honest to goodness — honest to ˈGod/ˈgoodness idiom used to emphasize that what you are saying is true • Honest to God, Mary, I m not joking. Some people find this use offensive. Main entry: ↑honestidiom … Useful english dictionary
honest-to-goodness — /on ist teuh good nis/, adj. 1. real or genuine. adv. 2. really, truly, or genuinely. Also, honest to God /on ist teuh god /. [1915 20] * * * … Universalium
goodness — See: HONEST TO GOODNESS, MY GOD or MY GOODNESS … Dictionary of American idioms
goodness — See: HONEST TO GOODNESS, MY GOD or MY GOODNESS … Dictionary of American idioms
goodness — See: honest to goodness, my God or my goodness … Словарь американских идиом
