for the love of God



for the love of God

An oath of shock, exasperation, annoyance, frustration, or anger. For the love of God, I didn't even see that car coming! Would you let me finish my story, for the love of God? Oh for the love of God, I just had the car fixed and now you've put a dent in it!
See also: god, love, of

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Soutaso:-tahJapanese
MÄRta-Swedish
TeroTE-roFinnish
Sofiazo-FEE-ah (German), so-FEE-ah (Italian), soo-FEE-ə (Portuguese), SO-fee-ah (Finnish)Norwegian, Swedish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Greek, Finnish, Estonian, Slovak, Romanian
Gavriel-Hebrew
Telmo-Portuguese, Spanish