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

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Yates	[jeits]
PÉNÉLope	pe-ne-LOP	French
Andreja (2)	-	Serbian
Iikka	EE:K-kah	Finnish
Anjelica	an-JEL-i-kə	English (Modern)
Zenon	ZE-nawn (Polish)	Ancient Greek, Polish