Lord willing and the creek don't rise

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God willing and the creek don't rise

释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    Barring unforeseen circumstances.

    美国 习语 非正式

    Near-synonym: hopefully (sentence adverbial sense)

    Lord willing and the creek don't rise, we'll have that new barn finished in time for the harvest.

词源

Statements of the form "God/Lord willing and (some other condition being met)" are ancient extensions of simple acceptance of God's will in phrases like God willing and Lord willing. "Creek" originated as a reference to creeks flooding and preventing travel, but is sometimes re-interpreted as a reference to the Creek tribe.

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