God forbid (that …)

God forbid (that …)
God/Heaven forˈbid (that…) idiom
(informal) used to say that you hope that sth will not happen

‘Maybe you'll end up as a lawyer, like me.’ ‘God forbid!’

 Some people find this use offensive.
Main entry:forbididiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • God forbid — {interj.} May God prevent (something from happening); I hope that will not happen or is not true. * /Someone told the worried mother that her son might have drowned. She said, God forbid! / * /God forbid that the dam break and flood the valley!/… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • God forbid — {interj.} May God prevent (something from happening); I hope that will not happen or is not true. * /Someone told the worried mother that her son might have drowned. She said, God forbid! / * /God forbid that the dam break and flood the valley!/… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • God\ forbid — interj. May God prevent (something from happening); I hope that will not happen or is not true. Someone told the worried mother that her son might have drowned. She said, God forbid! God forbid that the dam break and flood the valley! Compare:… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • God Forbid — performing in The Hague, The Netherlands in 2009 Background information Origin East Brunswick, New Jersey, United States …   Wikipedia

  • God forbid — I hope it does not happen. If, God forbid, anything should happen to him I might not want to stay here. Usage notes: also used to suggest that someone would never do something: God forbid they should help someone who isn t paying them for help …   New idioms dictionary

  • Heaven forbid (that …) — God/Heaven forˈbid (that…) idiom (informal) used to say that you hope that sth will not happen • ‘Maybe you ll end up as a lawyer, like me.’ ‘God forbid!’  Some people find this use offensive. Main entry: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • God forbid — ► God (or Heaven) forbid expressing a fervent wish that something does not happen. Main Entry: ↑forbid …   English terms dictionary

  • god — [gɔd US ga:d] n [: Old English;] 1.) God the spirit or ↑being who Christians, Jews, Muslims etc pray to, and who they believe created the universe ▪ Most Americans still believe in God . ▪ Nothing could shake his belief in God . ▪ He thought it… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • God — noun (singular, not with the) 1 the being 2 (1) who Christians, Jews, and Muslims pray to see also: act of God act 1 (10) 2 God/oh God/my God/good God spoken used to add force to what you are saying, when you are surprised, annoyed, or amused: Oh …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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