God forbid

English

Pronunciation

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Interjection

God forbid

1. (idiomatic, subjunctive) indicating that the occurrence of something is very undesirable

   Synonyms: heaven forbid, heaven forfend; see also Thesaurus:God forbid

   Antonyms: God willing, Lord willing; more at Thesaurus:God forbid

   If, God forbid, there's a fire, head for the nearest exit.

   God forbid anybody get any real work done around here. (sarcastic example)

   A: Do you think he'll win the election? B: God forbid!

Usage notes

• May be considered blasphemous; more at oh my God § Usage notes.
• Often used sarcastically.

Translations

don't let it be

• Arabic: لَا سَمَحَ اللّٰه (lā samaḥa llāh), لَا قَدَّرَ اللّٰه (lā qaddara llāh), مَعَاذَ اللّٰهِ (maʕāḏa llāhi)

  Egyptian Arabic: لا سمح اللّٰه (la samaḥ alla), بعيد الشر (beʕd ešar)

• Armenian: Աստված չանի (Astvac čʻani)
• Azerbaijani: Allah göstərməsin, Allah eləməsin, iraq olsun
• Bashkir: Аллам һаҡлаһын (Allam haqlahın)
• Belarusian: барані́ бо́жа (baraní bóža), не дай бо́жа (nje daj bóža)
• Bengali: খোদা না খাস্তা (khōda na khasta)
• Bulgarian: да не да́ва Го́спод (da ne dáva Góspod), не дай си Бо́же (ne daj si Bóže)
• Czech: chraňbůh, Bože chraň
• Danish: gud forbyde
• Dutch: god verhoede
• Finnish: Herra varjele
• French: à Dieu ne plaise (fr), Dieu nous en préserve
• Georgian: ღმერთმა დაიფაროს (ɣmertma daiparos)
• German: Gott behüte; Gott bewahre; da sei Gott vor
• Greek: ο μη γένοιτο (el) (o mi génoito), Θεός φυλάξοι (el) (Theós fyláxoi)

  Ancient Greek: μὴ γένοιτο (mḕ génoito)

• Hebrew: חַס וְשָׁלוֹם (he) (khas v'shalom), חָלִילָה (he) f (ḥalíla)
• Hindi: भगवान न करे (bhagvān na kare), ईश्वर न करे (īśvar na kare), अल्लाह न करे (allāh na kare) (chiefly among Muslims)
• Hungarian: Isten őrizz!, Isten ments!, nehogy (hu), ne adj' isten
• Indonesian: Tuhan melarang
• Italian: ci mancherebbe altro
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: خوا نەخواستە (xwa nexwaste)

• Latin: dī āverterint!, dī meliora!
• Latvian: lai Dievs dod
• Macedonian: не дај Боже (ne daj Bože), чувај Боже (čuvaj Bože), Бог да чува! (Bog da čuva!)
• Malay: Tuhan melarang
• Nheengatu: Tupana upisirú
• Nigerian Pidgin: tufiakwa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Gud forby

• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: не даждь богъ (ne daždĭ bogŭ)

• Pannonian Rusyn: нє дай боже (nje daj bože), захрань боже (zaxranʹ bože), зохрань боже (zoxranʹ bože), сохрань боже (soxranʹ bože)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: خُدای‌نَکَرْدِه (xodây-nakarde), خُدا نَکُنِه (xodâ nakone)

• Polish: broń Boże, nie daj Bóg, nie daj Boże, niech Pan Bóg broni, Boże uchowaj
• Portuguese: Deus me perdoe, Deus me livre, Deus me livre e guarde
• Romanian: ferească Domnul, Doamne ferește, ferească Dumnezeu
• Russian: не дай бог (ru) (ne daj box), бо́же упаси́ (bóže upasí), сохрани́ го́споди (soxraní góspodi), не приведи́ госпо́дь (ne privedí gospódʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: не дај Боже, Боже сачувај!

  Latin: ne daj Bože, Bože sačuvaj!

• Slovak: Bože chráň, Pánboh ochraňuj, nedaj Bože
• Spanish: ¡Dios no lo quiera!, ¡Que Dios lo impida!, ¡Dios nos libre!, Dios no lo quiera, Dios me libre
• Swedish: Gud förbjude
• Tausug: sipais
• Turkish: Allah korusun!, Allah muhafaza, Allah göstermesin, Allah saklasın, Tanrı korusun
• Ukrainian: боро́нь бо́же (uk) (borónʹ bóže), борони́ бо́же (uk) (boroný bóže), сохрани́ бо́же (soxraný bóže)
• Urdu: اَللّٰہ مُعاف کَرے (allāh mu'āf kare), اَللّٰہ نَہ کَرے (allāh na kare), خُدا نَخواسْتَہ (xudā naxvāsta), مَعاذ اَللّٰہ (ma'āz allāh)
• Uzbek: Xudo saqlasin, Xudo asrasin, Xudo koʻrsatmasin
• Yiddish: חס־ושלום (khas-vesholem), חלילה (kholile)