Far be it from (someone) to (do something) In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "far be it from (someone) to (do something)", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

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2021-09-26 10:09

Meaning of Far be it from (someone) to (do something)

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.

Origin of Far be it from (someone) to (do something)

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.”

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