for heaven's sake



for heaven's sake

A mild oath of surprise, exasperation, annoyance, frustration, or anger. For heaven's sake! I haven't seen you in years! Would you let me finish my story, for heaven's sake? Oh for heaven's sake, I just had the car fixed and now you've put a dent in it!
See also: sake

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
SocratesSAHK-rə-teez (English)Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Aysel-Turkish, Azerbaijani
BoudiccaBOO-di-kə (English)Ancient Celtic
FabijanFAH-bee-yahn (Croatian)Croatian, Slovene
Ahuva-Hebrew
Pejo-Croatian, Serbian