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| 词汇 | a blessed event |
| 释义 | (redirected from a blessed event)the blessed eventThe birth of a baby. She's almost nine months pregnant, so the blessed event will be happening very soon! blessed eventFig. the birth of a child. My sister is expecting a blessed event sometime in May. The young couple anxiously awaited the blessed event. blessed eventThe birth of a baby, as in When is the blessed event expected? This expression combines two senses of blessed, that is, "happy" and "sacred." Today, however, unless used ironically, it is considered cloyingly sentimental. [1920s] blessed eventThe birth of a baby. This cloyingly sentimental cliché, dating from about 1920, may well be dying out. It uses blessed in the sense of “happy,” not in the ironic sense of “cursed” or “damned” (as in “Every blessed piece of today’s mail is a bill”). |
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