English Dictionary

absit omen

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈæb.sɪt ˈoʊ.mn̩/

間投詞

稀用

(rare) May what is said not come true.

日本語の意味

（稀な表現）言われたことが実現しないように、発言が現実となるのを防ぐという願いを込めた表現

absit omen, if the test results are correct, he could lose his job.

そんなことになりませんように。もし検査結果が正しければ、彼は職を失うかもしれません。

意味（1）

(rare) May what is said not come true.

Now it was very obvious we should require a much stronger Navy in the event of war, say with France and Russia—absit omen—if we were obliged to maintain our flag in the Mediterranean, than if we were to withdraw from the Mediterranean.