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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!
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Eliseo | | e-lee-ZE-o (Italian), e-lee-SE-o (Spanish) | Italian, Spanish |
Becky | | ['beki] | |
Jimmie | | JIM-ee | English |
Sven | | SVEN | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch |
CzesŁAw | | CHES-wahf | Polish |
Goddard | | GAHD-ərd | English (Rare) |