mercy buckets

English

From mercy + buckets; jocular malapropism of French merci beaucoup (“thanks a lot”); influenced by buckets of (“lots of”).

mercy buckets

(humorous) Thanks very much.
- 1929 "Franklin W. Dixon" (Penguin, →ISBN) Hardy Boys 7: The Secret of the Caves, Chapter 16, p.89:
  "Well, anyhow, thanks a lot, Mr. Dumont," he added. "Mercy buckets, as you French say."
- 2008 Jonathan Nasaw (Simon and Schuster, →ISBN) Fear Itself p.187:
  "Mercy buckets—a pleasure doing business with you, dude."

单词	mercy buckets
释义	mercy buckets English Alternative forms merci buckets Etymology From mercy + buckets; jocular malapropism of French merci beaucoup (“thanks a lot”); influenced by buckets of (“lots of”). Phrase mercy buckets (humorous) Thanks very much. 1929 "Franklin W. Dixon" (Penguin, →ISBN) Hardy Boys 7: The Secret of the Caves, Chapter 16, p.89: "Well, anyhow, thanks a lot, Mr. Dumont," he added. "Mercy buckets, as you French say." 2008 Jonathan Nasaw (Simon and Schuster, →ISBN) Fear Itself p.187: "Mercy buckets—a pleasure doing business with you, dude."
随便看	decrittò Decrius decro decroma decromare decromat decrosslink decrosslinked decrosslinking DeCrow Decrow de-crown decrown decrowned decrowning decrowns DeCrows Decrows decroșa decroșaj decroșare decruar decrucified decrucifier decrucifiers