"perish the thought" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [英语]

Etymology: 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”)
  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”)
    Sense id: zh-perish_the_thought-en-phrase-QspICAnt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語句子",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "name": "英語短語",
      "parents": [],
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  "etymology_text": "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”)",
  "lang": "英语",
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  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1885, Horatio Alger, Hector's Inheritance, ch. 13:",
          "text": "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!"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 June 22, Grace Dent, The Guardian, G2, p. 3:",
          "text": "According to industry gossips, Richard and Judy may soon go their separate ways. Not maritally; no, perish the thought."
        }
      ],
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        "别这样想;想都别想,想得美 (字面意思为“让这个想法消失吧”)"
      ],
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    }
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          "ref": "1885, Horatio Alger, Hector's Inheritance, ch. 13:",
          "text": "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!"
        },
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          "ref": "2007 June 22, Grace Dent, The Guardian, G2, p. 3:",
          "text": "According to industry gossips, Richard and Judy may soon go their separate ways. Not maritally; no, perish the thought."
        }
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