God help someone
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Old English God helpe sumes mannes.
Interjection
[edit]- Expressing extreme pity or commiseration.
- 1848, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Mary Barton:
- God help yon poor pale girl, who droops forlorn, / And meekly her affliction doth endure; / God help her, outcast lamb; she trembling stands, / All wan her lips, and frozen red her hands; […]
- 1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 143:
- ‘ […] But we want to be a bit more experimental than that. We want to retain our pop sensibilities, but kind of stretch them a bit.’
God help us.
‘Sounds great.’
- Expressing a threat to the person who violates some rule or condition.
- 2011, Simon Perry, All Who Came Before, page 60:
- “God help anyone who touches wine destined for Amram's lips!” Eliazar laughed as he lifted the skins on the cart to reach for a piece of bread to chew as he walked.
Translations
[edit]pity or commiseration
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threat
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