blessed event

the blessed event

The birth of a baby. She's almost nine months pregnant, so the blessed event will be happening very soon!
See also: blessed, event
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

blessed event

Fig. the birth of a child. My sister is expecting a blessed event sometime in May. The young couple anxiously awaited the blessed event.
See also: blessed, event
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

blessed event

The birth of a baby, as in When is the blessed event expected? This expression combines two senses of blessed, that is, "happy" and "sacred." Today, however, unless used ironically, it is considered cloyingly sentimental. [1920s]
See also: blessed, event
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

blessed event

The birth of a baby. This cloyingly sentimental cliché, dating from about 1920, may well be dying out. It uses blessed in the sense of “happy,” not in the ironic sense of “cursed” or “damned” (as in “Every blessed piece of today’s mail is a bill”).
See also: blessed, event
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • the blessed event
  • the happy event
  • happy event
  • a/the happy event
  • a straw in the wind
  • straw in the wind
  • gala affair
  • in the event of
  • in the event of (something)
  • in the event of something
References in periodicals archive
Many families invite their relatives and close friends to witness this blessed event at their church, and then serve a meal afterwards to celebrate.
A baby's brunch
One Last Thought: "When you live in the shadow of insanity, the appearance of another mind that thinks and talks as yours does is something close to a blessed event." --Robert Pirsig
RAMBLINGS
Preborn children once referred to as a "bundle of joy," "blessed event," and "God's little gifts" are now reduced to a "fetus," or much worse.
WE CAN OVERCOME
Allowing for the crimes and misdemeanors that are often committed in the name of angels by merchants and popularizers, today's angel phenomenon would seem to be a blessed event. If it is only a refuge from the tide of secularism that sometimes swamps us in El Nino fashion, it is desirable.
On a wing and a prayer
So when I learned there was going to be a birth on Star Trek: Voyager, I was filled with anticipation of the blessed event.
From the Desk of ... Mayri Sagady
Before their blessed event, they regularly dressed up for exciting Saturday nights of mining and dining, dancing and romancing and 3 a.m.
... And baby makes three
How did she learn about Roseanne Hammill's undated The Blessed Event, let alone the fact that it runs twenty minutes?
American Operas: A Checklist
What else do dancers worry about while waiting for the blessed event to arrive?
Ballerina moms: how five ballerinas remain fast on their feet while combining motherhood and careers
Any parent will tell you the birth of any child is a blessed event. The birth of twins is a double blessing and the birth of triplets is a triple blessing.
Happy day is here again; Long time coming for those born Feb. 29
BLESSED EVENT: Wa-Na-Nee-Che performs a prayer to open the fair
Village goes West for a day of fun
However, Choir Mistress was a half-sister to Sacrament, a dual Group 2 winner at middle distances, also placed in the Irish St Leger, and she was the product of a good racemare, Blessed Event, who had been purchased by Cheveley Park during a season when she won the Listed Ballymacoll Stud Stakes and competed honourably at higher levels.
world of breeding: Chorist hits top note to help sing praises of new-look Pattern
When two people find each other, it is a blessed event, heterosexua] or otherwise.
Save my bacon.
Despite plenty of '90s homilies -- at one point Grace actually says, "What I really want is quality of life!" -- the frenetic but seldom funny "The 24 Hour Woman" doesn't seem much of a leap from "Blondie's Blessed Event." This thematic terrain having long since been claimed by TV, a theatrical effort needs far more wit and depth than Savoca & Co.
THE 24 HOUR WOMAN
When do you expect the blessed event?" The guest paused for a moment, glanced down at her figure in obvious disappointment, and murmured softly, "Actually, the baby is a month old now." Gong!
Life's real losers lead quiet existence
There are half-siblings of Pattern winners by Hamas (filly, 107), Idris (filly, 248), Magic Ring (filly, 100), Mark Of Esteem (half-sister to Great Voltigeur winner Sacrament out of high-class Blessed Event, 215), Mujadil (colt, 238), Mukaddamah (colt, 92), Revoque (half-sister to Grade 2 winner Plicck from Waajib's family, 179), Rudimentary (filly, 85) and Salse (filly, 141).
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