(Holy) Mother of God



(Holy) Mother of God

An exclamation of alarm, amazement, or exasperation. (Could be considered blasphemous to some.) Holy Mother of God, I thought that car was going to hit me! Oh, Mother of God, could you work any slower?
See also: god, mother, of

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Yamuna-Tamil, Indian, Telugu
Alekseyah-lyek-SYAY (Russian), ah-leek-SYAY (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
AledAH-ledWelsh
Rayen-Native American, Mapuche, Spanish (Latin American)
ElofE-lofSwedish
Viktoriyaveek-TO-ree-yah (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian