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2021-09-26 10:09
Far be it from (someone) to (do something) spoken language
Said when one is about to criticize or advise someone, and one would not like that person to hold the belief that one intended or wanted to do that.
Far be it from me to tell you how to teach your kid, but don’t you think you should have been stricter with him?
Far be it from me to criticize your work, but I think you made a very fundamental mistake.
This phrase dates from the fourteenth century and has been a cliché for at least two hundred years. The earliest record is in John Wycliffe’s translation of Genesis (44:17): “Josephe answerede, Fer be it fro me, that Y thus do”; the King James Version has it “God forbid that I should do so.”
Do you see anything wrong?
1. To punch a hole in one's ticket to show that they have paid for a ride
2. To do something that allows one to go further in a competition or to be promoted at work
1. Please, tell me if I forget to punch your ticket.
2. With a view to punching my ticket to the final, I did whatever it takes to win this round.
