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Wangqh2696122 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Can "Bless your heart! " be used this way?

Bless your heart! I know you didn’t break the vase on purpose. Don’t cry!
  

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Yes, if you are the grandmother of the miscreant. It is basically an old lady's phrase.

— Mister Micawber

  • Yes, if you are the grandmother of the miscreant.
  • It is basically an old lady's phrase.
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Yes, if you are the grandmother of the miscreant. It is basically an old lady's phrase.
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Hi,

Yes.
But I don't hear it much these days.

Clive
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No one where I live says it. I believe it's a Southern expression, used mainly by elderly women—as MM suggested.
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