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
Apolonia	ah-paw-LAWN-yah (Polish)	Spanish, Polish
Hermenegild	her-ME-ne-gilt	German
RosalÍA	-	Spanish, Galician
HipÓLito	ee-PO-lee-to (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Karlmann	-	German (Archaic)
Kohinoor	-	Various