as I live and breathe

短语
中文释义
英 /æz aɪ lɪv ænd bɹiːð/    美 /æz aɪ lɪv ænd bɹið/

英文释义

短语
  1. Used to declare the truth of a statement with emphasis. dated
    — Dear Ma'am, why will you chagrine yourſelf about a vile Man, that is not worth,—no, as I live and breathe,—not worth a ſingle Sigh?—
  2. Used to express surprise at an experience one is witnessing. dated
    — Eh? What? Mercy alive! Hilda—Hilda, look here! Bab, as I live and breathe!
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, I, live, and, breathe.
    — I sha'n't forget that night, Mr. Simple, as long as I live and breathe.

词源

Originally a reference to the speaker’s statement being as true as the fact that the speaker is alive (see sense 1).
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