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
DustyDUS-teeEnglish
Deshaun-African American
DamhnaitDEV-nawtIrish
BonifaceBAWN-ə-fays (English), BAWN-ə-fəs (English)French, English (Rare)
Sebastianze-BAHS-tee-ahn (German), sə-BAS-chən (English), se-BAHS-tyahn (Polish), SE-bahs-tee-ahn (Finnish)German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Finnish, Romanian
Thamar-Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin