for fuck's sake

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

for fuck's sake

1. (idiomatic, colloquial, vulgar) An expression of anger or frustration.

   For fuck’s sake, mate! Stop shooting at me!

Synonyms

• for goodness' sake
• for mercy's sake
• for pity's sake
• for God’s sake
• for heaven's sake
• for Pete’s sake
• for Christ's sake

Derived terms

• (abbreviation) ffs, FFS

Translations

expressing anger, frustration

• French: putain (fr), putain de merde (fr), putain de bordel de merde (fr), nom de Dieu (fr)
• German: verdammt nochmal
• Greek: γαμώ το (gamó to), γαμώ τη (gamó ti)
• Icelandic: í guðanna bænum
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• Italian: e che cazzo
• Polish: do kurwy nędzy (pl)
• Portuguese: puta merda (pt), pelo amor de deus
• Swedish: för i helvete