Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
for all the airth = for all the earth
English answer:
for all the world
English term
for all the airth
It's "earth". I need the meaning of "for all the earth".
Thank you!
| 5 +8 | for all the world |
Tony M
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| 3 +4 | can you believe it? |
David Hollywood
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Jan 8, 2013 07:31: Tony M Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (2): Tony M, Jim Tucker (X)
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for all the world
See this definition from NS OED:
for all the world taking account of everything in the world; in every respect, exactly, precisely (like, as if)
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Note that in modern EE we tend to say 'for all the world', 'for all the earth' is a more dated version of the same expression.
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The heads strung on a string looked just like a string of onions.
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Charles Davis
: Spot on
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Thanks a lot, Charles!
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katsy
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Thanks, Katsy!
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Samantha Payn
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Thanks, Samantha!
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B D Finch
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Thanks, B! :-)
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Alexander C. Thomson
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Thanks, Alex!
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Yvonne Gallagher
: that's all it is here//Happy New Year Tony and to all!
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Thanks, G2! And to you too!
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Angela Marshall
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Thanks, Angela!
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Rachel Fell
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Thanks, Rachel!
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worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
can you believe it?
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Note added at 47 mins (2013-01-03 03:33:55 GMT)
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in my opinion (and this is not evasy even for a native speaker) "for all the earth" is an expression of surprise in this context ... let's see what others have to say ...
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Note added at 54 mins (2013-01-03 03:41:13 GMT)
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the source text is more than complicated even for native speakers ...
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Note added at 59 mins (2013-01-03 03:46:06 GMT)
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"to what all intents and purposes looked like a string of onions"
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Note added at 1 hr (2013-01-03 03:47:04 GMT)
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i.e.the heads strung together looked like a string of onions
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Note added at 1 hr (2013-01-03 03:59:40 GMT)
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and should read ... "to what for all intents and purposes"
| David, thank you very much! The translations of these works into Russian had existed before my involvement, but they contain LOOOOOTS of mistakes. |
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John Alphonse (X)
: Yes, I believe you're on target, and "for crying out loud" is another term for this expression of exasperation...
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thanks John :)
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Jack Doughty
: "For all the world" is a more common form of this.
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Tony M
: I can't entirely agree here; there is no element of surprise in this common-enough expression, which is closer to the idea of 'the spitting image'. I really don't see this as being particularly complicated, other than the dialect pronunciation of 'airth'
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Thayenga
: Happy New Year, David. :)
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Christine Andersen
: I think this is right - the surprise is more shock that anything so offensive (to the speaker's mind) could be contemplated on a Sunday
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