present company excepted

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present company excepted

  1. (idiomatic) These negative remarks do not pertain to anyone who is currently listening to them (including the speaker).
    • 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 54, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, , published 1853, →OCLC:
      Everybody it appears, the present company excepted, has plotted against Mrs Snagsby’s peace.
    • 1920 March – 1921 February, P G Wodehouse, chapter 26, in Indiscretions of Archie, New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, publishers , published 1921, →OCLC:
      "I say, Reggie, old thing—present company excepted—have there been any loonies in your family?"
    • 1995 October 2, Ira Steven Behr, Robert Hewitt Wolfe, “The Way of the Warrior”, in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, season 4, episode 1, spoken by Quark:
      Am I glad we finally got rid of all those Klingons—er, present company excepted, of course.
    • 2009 December 2, Romesh Ratnesar, Bill Saporito, “How Will Tiger Woods' Apology Affect His Image?”, in Time‎:
      Well, even Stanford guys aren't perfect (present company excepted, of course).

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