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5 Dec 2022
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What's the full sentence of this phrase?
- "Far be it"
I far require you be it?
I far require that be it?
It is far?
What's the full sentence of this phrase?
- "Far be it"
I far require you be it?
I far require that be it?
It is far?
- "Far be it"
I far require you be it?
I far require that be it?
It is far?
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- English (US)
It doesn't have any meaning without any other words. Is this from a book or something?
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- English (US)
Far be it from me to say, but you should never do that.
It’s a phase used by someone who knows they are not in a place to judge others(such as someone who has failed at this in the past), but it still offering advice on how it should be handled.
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@jthomasv There's no full sentence; it's just a saying. I had actually never heard of that before, so it's not common.
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@AspenP Must be a regional thing then I guess. It immediately popped into my head on reading it, because otherwise I couldn’t figure any meaning like you said.
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@jthomasv Yeah, it's probably regional. I hope I helped!
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Thank you
Yes, I wanted to ask this expression.
-far be it from me to do something (but..)
But, where does this "far be it" come from? What does this "far be it" refer to?
Yes, I wanted to ask this expression.
-far be it from me to do something (but..)
But, where does this "far be it" come from? What does this "far be it" refer to?
- English (US)
@hhoc2000 I honestly think it's just an English expression that was from a long time ago where it would make sense, but the construction doesn't really exist anymore. If I were to guess, though, I would say that it's an old-fashioned version of the inversion of "it is far from me to say," meaning that the topic is too far from the person's area of knowledge for the person to give advice that should be listened to.
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