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for goodness' sake

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for goodness' sake

I am surprised or annoyed by this. For goodness' sake, Harry, what are you doing at this time of night? Well, for goodness sakes, why didn't you tell me that earlier so I could have changed my plans?

Usage notes: used for emphasis and often used instead of the more offensive idioms for God's sake and for Christ's sake

Related vocabulary: for crying out loud

See also: sake

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At last the third also came with the like intent, and the others screamed out: 'Keep away; for goodness' sake keep away Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context Mamma, darling, for goodness' sake, don't talk about it. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context Nastasya, leave me alone, for goodness' sake; here are your three copecks, but for goodness' sake, make haste and go Crime And Punishment by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context More results

References in classic literature

At last the third also came with the like intent, and the others screamed out: 'Keep away; for goodness' sake keep away

Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context

Mamma, darling, for goodness' sake, don't talk about it.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

Nastasya, leave me alone, for goodness' sake; here are your three copecks, but for goodness' sake, make haste and go

Crime And Punishment by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context

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