as I live and breathe

Idioms  

1. For sure, definitely, as in As I live and breathe, I've never seen a more beautiful view. This expression is generally used to emphasize the truth of a statement and has been so used since the mid-1600s, although sometimes it was put simply as as I live. However, the complete phrase was also used early on, as in Arthur Murphy's 1756 play The Apprentice (2:1): “As I live and breathe, we shall both be taken, for heaven's sake let us make our escape.”

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as I live and breathe

Well, as I live and breathe and run the Yavapai Golf and Country Club!" he ejaculated, "there's my old friend, Mr. Peacock, with all his tail feathers pulled out!

From Fore! by Charles Emmett Van Loan

I shan’t forget that night, Mr Simple, as long as I live and breathe.

From Peter Simple by Frederick Marryat

"Yes," said Joel, "as true as I live and breathe, I do!"

From Five Little Peppers Midway by Margaret Sidney

I sha'n't forget that night, Mr Simple, as long as I live and breathe.

From Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 by Frederick Marryat

The child himself—as surely as I live and breathe, is living and breathing now—a castaway and a prisoner in that villainous house!”

From A House to Let by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

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