God forbid!



God forbid!

 and Heaven forbid!
a phrase expressing the desire that God would forbid the situation that the speaker has just mentioned from ever happening. Tom: It looks like taxes are going up again. Bob: God forbid! Bob: Bill was in a car wreck. I hope he wasn't hurt! Sue: God forbid!
See also: god

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Hagan['heigən]
AgnÈSan-YES (French) French, Catalan
Petronellape-tro-NE-lah (German)Dutch, German, Swedish
Kala (2)-Hawaiian
PrzemysŁAwpzhe-MIS-wahfPolish
Ahmed-Turkish, Bosnian, Arabic, Urdu, Pashto