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源自弃用及物义项perish (使...消失),其本身可能是源自将固定短语中的虚拟语气当做及物用法的误解(即“[may it] perish, the thought”)

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perish the thought

  1. 别这样想;想都别想,想得美 字面意思为“让这个想法消失吧”
    • 1885, Horatio Alger, Hector's Inheritance, ch. 13:
      What! was he to lose his hold over these boys, and that because he was unable to cope with a boy much smaller and younger than himself? Perish the thought!
    • 2007 June 22, Grace Dent, The Guardian, G2, p. 3:
      According to industry gossips, Richard and Judy may soon go their separate ways. Not maritally; no, perish the thought.

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