from your lips to God's ears

短语

英文释义

短语
  1. Used to express the speaker's wish that a preceding statement by another speaker were to come true. informal
    — "Heaven help us," she said. "From your lips to God's ears," said Stan Pittman as he walked up to her desk.

词源

The expression originated in Yiddish (פֿון דײַן מויל אין גאָטס אויערן), spoken by Ashkenazi Jews in Europe. It was adopted into English due to the influence of Ashkenazim who immigrated to the United States.
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