Idiom idiom
oh my gosh
Meaning
oh my God!
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Oh my gosh, you look so different with short hair.”
“Oh my gosh, I completely forgot that today was our anniversary.”
“Oh my gosh, the sheer scale of the mountain range left the travelers speechless.”
Anchors to
- 01
by guess or by gosh
at random
- 02
oh dark hundred
Some unspecified hour in the early morning (implies an unpleasant time to be awake)
- 03
oh dark thirty
Some unspecified hour in the early morning (implying an unpleasant time to be awake).
- 04
oh my
oh my God
- 05
oh my goodness gracious
Oh my God.
- 06
oh well
An expression of mild disappointment or resignation: too bad; it's a pity; what can you do; it is what it is.
Last updated August 10, 2026