Idiom
heaven forbid
Meaning
May heaven forbid it: expresses the desire that something does not happen.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Heaven forbid you lose your keys again.”
“We should check the weather report, because heaven forbid it rains during our outdoor wedding ceremony.”
“He kept his secret hidden, for heaven forbid the truth should ever reach his family and destroy their long-standing reputation.”
Examples
simple
“Heaven forbid you lose your keys again.”
contextual
“We should check the weather report, because heaven forbid it rains during our outdoor wedding ceremony.”
complex
“He kept his secret hidden, for heaven forbid the truth should ever reach his family and destroy their long-standing reputation.”
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