Timeline for only too good to be true?
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| Dec 24, 2018 at 15:46 | answer | added | Jason Bassford | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 24, 2018 at 14:26 | answer | added | Ronald Sole | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 24, 2018 at 13:55 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Dec 24, 2018 at 13:32 | comment | added | TimR | Again, show me the attestations. | |
| Dec 24, 2018 at 13:29 | comment | added | Apollyon | The author was born in the 18th century. Maybe her English was a bit different. | |
| Dec 24, 2018 at 13:28 | comment | added | TimR | It's an instance of bad writing, IMO. " as the poor man seemed much tired" is not idiomatic. But please address my criticism that this is not sufficient attestation for purposes of showing this phrase to be in general use. | |
| Dec 24, 2018 at 13:27 | comment | added | Apollyon | Could "lift up her hands and eyes" be an instance of zeugma? | |
| Dec 24, 2018 at 13:25 | comment | added | TimR | In terms of methodology, your web link would suffice as grounds for a question, but not as an attestation. Use Google Books for attestations, not web pages. We have to be reasonably confident that a native speaker is the author and that the work is intended for an audience of native speakers. Also, always provide at least several attestations to show that the phrase is not a one-off. | |
| Dec 24, 2018 at 13:23 | comment | added | TimR | How did he lift up her eyes? | |
| Dec 24, 2018 at 13:23 | comment | added | Apollyon | econlib.org/library/Marcet/mrcJH.html?chapter_num=4#book-reader | |
| Dec 24, 2018 at 13:23 | comment | added | Apollyon | ... he lifted up her hands and eyes, and said she would try to believe it; but she thought it was only too good to be true. | |
| Dec 24, 2018 at 13:20 | comment | added | TimR | It is not something people say so who knows what it means. If you can't find a number of attestations, I'm going to vote to close the question on the grounds that you're just coining phrases and asking what they mean. It's possible a speaker is using only there as a synonym for just but that is an idiosyncratic use with this particular phrase. Attestations please. | |
| Dec 24, 2018 at 13:13 | history | edited | Apollyon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 24, 2018 at 12:55 | answer | added | Hassan | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 24, 2018 at 12:54 | answer | added | user109564 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 24, 2018 at 12:45 | history | asked | Apollyon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |