heaven forbid
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heaven forbid
interjection Heaven forbid
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May heaven forbid it: expresses the desire that something does not happen.
"Now, by Our Lady's grace," cried the Butcher, "well do I know thy name, and many a time have I heard thy deeds both sung and spoken of. But Heaven forbid that thou shouldst take aught of me! An honest man am I, and have wronged neither man nor maid; so trouble me not, good master, as I have never t
Similar: heaven forfend, God forbid, absit omen, heaven forbid, God forfend, lo aleinu · Opposite: God willing
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title = {heaven forbid},
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