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heaven forfend
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- Language: English
- Idiom
- ►▼ heaven forfend[Edit] : [To say that one hopes that something does not happen.]
- ►▼ Lexical annotations
Property Value example sentence Now there's an opportunity to employ a man who, heaven forfend, actually thinks about tactics and team balance. 2007, Nov 23. Scott Murray in Guardian Unlimited, Why England's failure is good news for, er, England usage This expression often used with irony, or tongue in cheek. See example quote. word class idiom - ►▼ Definition
Language Text Castilian [Para indicar que se espera que algo no ocurra]. English [To say that one hopes that something does not happen.] French [Dire que l'on espère que quelque chose ne se produise pas.] Interlingua Expression de spero que un cosa non eveni. Turkish [Bir şeyin olmamasını dileme deyişi.] - ►▼ Synonyms and translations
Expression Annotation Language Spelling Castilian Dios no lo quiera show ▼hide ▲ English god forbid show ▼hide ▲ English heaven forbid show ▼hide ▲ French Dieu m’en garde show ▼hide ▲ French aux dieux ne plaise show ▼hide ▲ French à Dieu ne plaise show ▼hide ▲ Interlingua Que Deo lo impedi show ▼hide ▲ Interlingua Que Deo non lo permitte show ▼hide ▲ Interlingua Que Deo non lo vole show ▼hide ▲ Interlingua Que Deo nos guarda de illo show ▼hide ▲ Interlingua Que Deo nos libera show ▼hide ▲ Interlingua Que Deo nos preserva de illo show ▼hide ▲ Italian Dio me ne guardi show ▼hide ▲ Italian Dio me ne scampi show ▼hide ▲ Turkish Allah esirgesin show ▼hide ▲ Turkish Allah korusun show ▼hide ▲ Turkish Allah saklasın show ▼hide ▲
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