Idiom idiom
goodness gracious me
Meaning
Alternative form of goodness gracious.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Goodness gracious me, you are late again.”
“Goodness gracious me, I completely forgot that I left the oven on all afternoon.”
“Goodness gracious me, the sheer scale of the damage caused by the storm was truly difficult to comprehend.”
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Last updated August 10, 2026