Meaning of as I live and breathe | Babel Free
/æz aɪ lɪv ænd bɹiːð/Definitions
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Used to declare the truth of a statement with emphasis. dated
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Used to express surprise at an experience one is witnessing. dated
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, I, live, and, breathe.
Equivalents
Examples
“Dear Ma'am, why will you chagrine yourſelf about a vile Man, that is not worth,—no, as I live and breathe,—not worth a ſingle Sigh?—”
“[O]ch, as I live and breathe, I would consider myself worse than the beast of the field, if I would be so ungrateful to my lady, who is now in distress.”
“I hid in one of the empty rooms, and I saw you go by, yes, and as I live and breathe, Liscom Truro, I saw my father following you.”
“As I live and breathe and eat here in the Wayfarers Inn on this August 21, 1999, I swear to you they're authentic, but of course anything I'd swear wouldn't be worth anything anyway, would it?”
“As I live and breathe, Thomas, you will not flourish unless you are part of our brotherhood. I swear that on all the saints.”
“Eh? What? Mercy alive! Hilda—Hilda, look here! Bab, as I live and breathe!”
“Well, well, as I live and breathe, it's Svend! My, what a great and dangerously huge fellow you have become!”
“"As I live and breathe, there's the Pride of Weymouth," cried the captain, moving up alongside him at the rail. "Look at her resting there at anchor, calm as by-your-leave. I never thought we'd see her spars again."”
“"Cornelius Finson, as I live and breathe," she proclaimed, "I ain't seen you in a dog's age. Not that you were ever much of a visitor. Now let me have a look at what you've done to yourself."”
“I sha'n't forget that night, Mr. Simple, as long as I live and breathe.”
“Even as I live and breathe in this natural world all around me, I still find myself looking, minute-by-minute, with great interest and attention, for the supernatural work—that is—the miracles, the "extra-ordinary" events ordered by God.”
“This is what I take seriously / My life that lives within me / Lives within me just as I / Live and breathe”
“Not for as long as I've got ROBIN WILLIAMS EATS SHIT emblazoned across my chest. Not for as long as I live and breathe, you bastards.”
“As I live and breathe day by day. / I feel myself fading away.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.