Idiom
God forbid
Meaning
indicating that the occurrence of something is very undesirable
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“God forbid you lose your keys again.”
“We have enough food for everyone, but God forbid we run out before the guests arrive.”
“He checked the safety equipment three times, for God forbid the engine should fail while they were crossing the open ocean.”
Examples
simple
“God forbid you lose your keys again.”
contextual
“We have enough food for everyone, but God forbid we run out before the guests arrive.”
complex
“He checked the safety equipment three times, for God forbid the engine should fail while they were crossing the open ocean.”
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