take one's name in vain, to

To mention a person casually and disrespectfully. This expression, today always used jocularly, comes from the biblical commandment against blasphemy: “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain” (Exodus 20:7). It was already used more lightly in the eighteenth century, when Jonathan Swift included it in Polite Conversation (1738): “Who’s that takes my name in vain?”

词组	take one's name in vain, to
释义	take one's name in vain, to take one's name in vain, to To mention a person casually and disrespectfully. This expression, today always used jocularly, comes from the biblical commandment against blasphemy: “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain” (Exodus 20:7). It was already used more lightly in the eighteenth century, when Jonathan Swift included it in Polite Conversation (1738): “Who’s that takes my name in vain?” See also: name, take The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: to coin a phrase come again come again? you do you touched in the head slip (one's) trolley slip one’s trolley slip trolley take liberties take liberties with (someone or something)
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