Idiom
sweet Mary
Meaning
Used to add emphasis, particularly by Catholics.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Sweet Mary, that was a loud noise.”
“Sweet Mary, I cannot believe you forgot your passport on the day of our flight.”
“Sweet Mary, the sheer scale of the destruction left the entire village in a state of silent, trembling disbelief.”
Examples
simple
“Sweet Mary, that was a loud noise.”
contextual
“Sweet Mary, I cannot believe you forgot your passport on the day of our flight.”
complex
“Sweet Mary, the sheer scale of the destruction left the entire village in a state of silent, trembling disbelief.”
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