Why do we say "bless you"? - English Language & Usage Stack …
2014年7月10日 · The phrase expresses a wish for God to be kind to someone. As such, it is used in its explicitly religious sense (a priest saying "bless you, my child"); to express gratitude, …
Difference between "God bless" and "God bless you" [closed]
2016年1月26日 · Saying bless you when someone sneezes is of much deeper significance than casual sympathy. It dates from at least AD77, and relates to folklore that believed the soul …
Is there an equivalent of "bless you" for coughing?
2016年2月3日 · In these cases, "God bless you" or "bless you" is used as a sort of shield against evil. Apparently coughing opens no such window to the soul - merely to the lower respiratory …
"Bless you" & sneezing - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Saying "bless you" would stop the devil from claiming the person's freed soul. Others believed the opposite: that evil spirits use the sneeze as an opportunity to enter a person's body. There …
What is an alternative to "Bless you" after sneezing?
Saying "Bless you" (or Gesundheit, or anything else) after someone sneezes does, to some extent, oblige the sneezer to respond with thanks of some kind. This may be inconvenient, …
Secular phrase of "bless you" (after someone sneezes)?
2014年10月20日 · Actually "Bless you!" (often uttered as "bleshoo") can be considered as the secular (or neutral) version of "God bless you!". It is just so common that it doesn't necessarily …
Why to use "May" before using "May God bless you"?
2012年8月1日 · May God bless you. May God be pleased with you. May God accept your prayers. But why do we use "May" at the beginning of the sentence? Apparently, it doesn't …
"bless you!" alternative - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2019年4月2日 · IIRC, people once said “bless you” because they believed that the devil could enter a person’s body at the moment of a sneeze, and that blessing the sneezer would protect …
Bless your heart - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2012年12月10日 · Bless your heart, Cooper hadn't any more invention than a horse; and I don't mean a high-class horse, either; I mean a clothes-horse. It's an older expression, to be sure, …
Closest equivalent of "bless you" for coughing [closed]
2022年4月28日 · "Plague!" "Bring out your dead!" You should think what you want to communicate, whether it's to wish good health, to reference something supernatural (there are …