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God forbid

I hope it does not happen. 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. 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

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