for God's sake

for God's sake
• a very common expression of frustration.

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  • for God's sake — phrasal used typically to express surprise, disgust, or indignation * * * for God s sake 1. An expression of urgent entreaty 2. An interjection expressing eg annoyance or disgust • • • Main Entry: ↑god * * * for… …   Useful english dictionary

  • for God's sake — I am surprised or annoyed by this. For God s sake, Eleanor, what happened to your hair? It s time we started worrying about educating our children, for God s sake. At three thirty in the morning, for God s sake, my dog decided to have her puppies …   New idioms dictionary

  • (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People — Infobox Album | Name = (For God s Sake) Give More Power to the People Type =Album Artist = The Chi Lites Released = 1971 Recorded = Genre = Soul Length = 35:53 Label = Brunswick Producer = Paul Tarnopol Reviews = *Allmusic (4.5/5)… …   Wikipedia

  • for God's sake! — interj. for crying out loud!, for heaven s sake! (expression of exasperation or anger) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • for God's sake — interjection An exclamation showing surprise, impatience, or some other emotion. For Gods sake, dont scare me like that! See Also: for goodness sake, for heavens sake, for Petes sake …   Wiktionary

  • for God's sake! — see sake I (sense 3) …   Useful english dictionary

  • for heaven's sake — 1. An expression of entreaty 2. An interjection expressing exasperation or disgust, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑heaven * * * for God’s/Christ’s/goodness’/Heaven’s/Pete’s/sake spoken …   Useful english dictionary

  • for Christ's sake — for God’s/Christ’s/goodness’/Heaven’s/Pete’s/sake spoken phrase used for emphasizing what you are saying when you are annoyed or angry ‘for God’s sake’ and ‘for Christ’s sake’ are offensive to some people Oh, for goodness’ sake, leave me alone!… …   Useful english dictionary

  • for Pete's sake — for God’s/Christ’s/goodness’/Heaven’s/Pete’s/sake spoken phrase used for emphasizing what you are saying when you are annoyed or angry ‘for God’s sake’ and ‘for Christ’s sake’ are offensive to some people Oh, for goodness’ sake, leave me alone!… …   Useful english dictionary

  • for heaven's sake — for God s sake, for goodness sake (expression of exasperation or anger) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • for Heaven's sake! — interj. for God s sake!, for Pete s sake!, in the name of God! …   English contemporary dictionary

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