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my God
Idioms and Phrases
Also, my goodness . Expressions of shock, surprise, or dismay, as in My God, don't tell me he's dying , or My goodness, what an awful outfit . The first term dates from about 1800; goodness in the variant is a euphemism for God .Example Sentences
The man responded, “Oh my God,” and Woodbury laughed and said, “I was wondering how long it would take you,” prosecutors wrote in the criminal complaint.
I hadn’t been there in 30 years, and I felt like, “Oh, my God! Is this my place?”
“Oh, my God, what is happening here?”
I've heard so many times, "My God, they were so good, but they're just not quite right for the role."
The ex-Portsmouth, Tottenham and West Ham manager replied: "No, don't go there. Oh my god, it was a joke, you know, that badly backfired. But it was only a joke."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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