Idiom idiom
mercy sake's alive
Meaning
A mild oath.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Mercy sakes alive, you scared me!”
“Mercy sakes alive, I completely forgot that we had a meeting this morning.”
“Mercy sakes alive, the sheer scale of the storm caught the entire village by surprise, leaving everyone in a state of total shock.”
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Last updated August 10, 2026