man alive

An expression of surprise or pleasure. The phrase most likely arose as an alternative to something stronger, such as “Good lord!” which would have been acceptable to those people who objected to taking the deity's name in vain.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lake	[leik]
Aristide	ah-ree-STEE-de (Italian)	French, Italian
Colton	KOL-tən	English (Modern)
JÓZefa	yuw-ZEF-ah	Polish
Aliyah (1)	-	Arabic
Agathe	a-GAHT (French), ah-GAH-tə (German), ah-gah-te (Ancient Greek)	French, German, Norwegian, Danish, Greek, Ancient Greek