英语词汇god bless you的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	god bless you
词源	God bless you. The custom of saying God bless you after someone sneezes supposedly arose with St. Gregory the Great, who said it to people during a plague in which sneezing was of- ten a symptom. The custom has been widespread throughout the world since ancient times, though notably among the Greeks and the Romans, who exclaimed Absit omen! Another theory claims that Satan can’t enter a sneezer’s body when this blessing is offered.
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