Idiom
get thee behind me
Meaning
Do not tempt or torment me; I reject you, your statements, or your beliefs.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Get thee behind me, you tempting chocolate cake.”
“When my friend tried to convince me to skip work, I told him, get thee behind me.”
“As the old doubts returned to haunt his resolve, he whispered, get thee behind me, for I will not falter now.”
Examples
simple
“Get thee behind me, you tempting chocolate cake.”
contextual
“When my friend tried to convince me to skip work, I told him, get thee behind me.”
complex
“As the old doubts returned to haunt his resolve, he whispered, get thee behind me, for I will not falter now.”
Origin
Originally uttered by Christ in the King James Bible, Matthew 16:23: “get thee behind me, Satan”; Latin vāde retrō, Satanā; Ancient Greek ὕπαγε ὀπίσω μου, Σατανᾶ (húpage opísō mou, Satanâ).
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