goodness gracious me

idiom

Meaning

Alternative form of goodness gracious.

Examples

SIMPLE

Goodness gracious me, you are late again.

CONTEXTUAL

Goodness gracious me, I completely forgot that I left the oven on all afternoon.

COMPLEX

Goodness gracious me, the sheer scale of the damage caused by the storm was truly difficult to comprehend.

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