really and truly

Genuinely, undoubtedly. This redundancy (really and truly mean the same thing, but the repetition makes for emphasis) dates from the eighteenth century. The OED holds it is a North American children’s locution, but nearly all of its citations, ranging from Henry Fielding (1742) to the present, are from adult books. Thomas Macaulay used it in his The History of England (1849), “The king is really and truly a Catholic.”

词组	really and truly
释义	really and truly really and truly Genuinely, undoubtedly. This redundancy (really and truly mean the same thing, but the repetition makes for emphasis) dates from the eighteenth century. The OED holds it is a North American children’s locution, but nearly all of its citations, ranging from Henry Fielding (1742) to the present, are from adult books. Thomas Macaulay used it in his The History of England (1849), “The king is really and truly a Catholic.” See also: and, really, truly The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: when all's (is) said and done ladies'/lady's man safe haven last-ditch defense/effort in clover, to be/live wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole no spring chicken, (she's) at this juncture/moment/point in time all in the/a day's work give a wide berth to, to References in classic literature "I guess you'll think it's really and truly," prophesied Nancy, exultingly, nodding her head to Pollyanna over the armful of dresses she had taken from the closet. Pollyanna
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