thank goodness



thank goodness

(spoken)
I am pleased or happy thank heavens My husband cleans the barn every day, thank goodness.
Usage notes: often used instead of the more offensive idiom thank God
Related vocabulary: thank God
See also: goodness, thank

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
LenLENEnglish
Anwen-Welsh
Navid-Persian, Arabic
WumWUMLimburgish
HjØRdis-Danish, Norwegian
LyndseyLINDZ-eeEnglish (Modern)