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for Christ's sake

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for Christ's sake

I am surprised or annoyed by this. For Christ's sake, Julie, what are you doing here? This dress makes me look like a little old lady, for Christ's sake. It's two in the morning, for Christ sakes! Why are you calling me now?

Usage notes: used for emphasis

Related vocabulary: for crying out loud, for goodness' sake, for Pete's sake

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of for Christ's sake (= in the name of or for Christ)

See also: sake

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? References in classic literature
I ha' read on 't in the public petition, as onny one may read, fro' the men that works in pits, in which they ha' pray'n and pray'n the lawmakers for Christ's sake not to let their work be murder to 'em, but to spare Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context Not that I know'd then, she was theer, sir, but along of her creeping soon arterwards under Em'ly's little winder, when she see the light come, and whispering "Em'ly, Em'ly, for Christ's sake, have a woman's heart towards me. David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context More results

References in classic literature

I ha' read on 't in the public petition, as onny one may read, fro' the men that works in pits, in which they ha' pray'n and pray'n the lawmakers for Christ's sake not to let their work be murder to 'em, but to spare

Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context

Not that I know'd then, she was theer, sir, but along of her creeping soon arterwards under Em'ly's little winder, when she see the light come, and whispering "Em'ly, Em'ly, for Christ's sake, have a woman's heart towards me.

David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context

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