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God forbid! and Heaven forbid! a phrase expressing the desire that God would forbid the situation that the speaker has just mentioned from ever happening. Tom: It looks like taxes are going up again. Bob: God forbid! Bob: Bill was in a car wreck. I hope he wasn't hurt! Sue: God forbid! See also: god God forbid I hope it does not happen heaven forbid If, God forbid, anything should happen to him I might not want to stay here. Usage notes: also used to suggest that someone would never do something: God forbid they should help someone who isn't paying them for help. See also: god heaven forbid I hope it does not happen God forbid If he ever - heaven forbid - has to go through anything like that again, at least he'll know what to do. Usage notes: also used to suggest that others oppose the reasonable thing being mentioned: It's OK to prevent tooth decay, but heaven forbid that we try to prevent people from becoming addicted to drugs. See also: heaven How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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