land o' Goshen

短语

释义与例句

interj.
  1. 1.

    Used by Christians for swearing without being overtly vulgar or blasphemous.

    美国 过时

词源

From the place first mentioned in Genesis 45:10 as the land set aside for the Israelites when they settled in Egypt (ultimately from Hebrew אֶרֶץ־גֹּשֶׁן (“ʾEreṣ Gōšen”)). Perhaps chosen as a minced oath to replace gosh, itself a replacement for God.

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