moly

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holy cow

An exclamation of surprise, shock, or astonishment. Holy cow, the bill for that dinner is nearly $200! We won the lottery? Holy cow, that's amazing news!
See also: cow, holy

holy moley

An exclamation of surprise, shock, or astonishment. Holy moley, the bill for that dinner is nearly $200! We won the lottery? Holy moley, that's amazing news!
See also: holy, moley
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

holy cow

Also, holy mackerel or Moses or moly or smoke . An exclamation of surprise, astonishment, delight, or dismay, as in Holy cow, I forgot the wine, or Holy mackerel, you won! or Holy Moses, here comes the teacher! or Holy smoke, I didn't know you were here too. The oldest of these slangy expletives uses mackerel, dating from about 1800; the one with Moses dates from about 1850 and cow from about 1920. None has any literal significance, and moly is a neologism devised to rhyme with "holy" and possibly a euphemism for "Moses."
See also: cow, holy
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
See also:
  • holy cow
  • Holy cow!
  • Moses
  • holy moley
  • Holy moley!
  • moley
  • holy Hannah
  • holy crap on a cracker
  • holy mackerel
  • Holy mackerel!
References in periodicals archive
Moly coating seems to bring out strong feelings from many shooters, either "always" or "never!" I can't work up any strong emotions either way.
This phase of General Moly's project focused on core financials, plant maintenance, materials management, human capital management and EHS (environment, health and safety).
Beautiful, strong of spirit, Chan Moly Sam has tucked a lavender plantain lily from the perennial garden behind one ear, where it instantly looks tropical (Laksmi says fondly that her mom has a thing about flowers).
General Moly sent AMER a notice of default yesterday.
'The little girl cried and did not stop, so the suspect was so angry and he grabbed his baby [by the legs] and threw her out the window, causing her serious injuries,' Moly said.
Tickets for Holy Moly & the Crackers are PS12.50 (including parking).
Perth, Australia, April 13, 2011 - (ABN Newswire) - Victory West Moly Limited (ASX:VWM) has been reviewing projects in Indonesia for the last few years and has developed strong relationships with a network of local parties that are seeking a strong listed partner, with mining expertise, access to development capital and the Chinese market.
International Resource News-April 12, 2011--General Moly issues second draft of Mt.
M2 PRESSWIRE-August 1, 2019-: Our trademark on display at the Hockenheim circuit; LIQUI MOLY Company Magazine, August issue
District Police Chief Oung Moly said 101 planks of sawn timber were confiscated, along with two logs and a sawmill.
M2 EQUITYBITES-December 8, 2015-General Moly appoints Tong Zhang to board
Perth, Australia, Feb 25, 2011 - (ABN Newswire) - Victory West Moly Limited (ASX:VWM) (ETR:R1E) is pleased to advise the receipt of A$500,000 representing the first tranche of the A$1 million Commitment Fee from its joint venture partner China Guangshou Group Corp (CGGC) as part of their obligations to invest in the Malala Molybdenum Project in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.