why in God's name
idiomused to add emphasis to "why" when beginning question.
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big name
A widely-known reputation, especially one that is favorable.
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call someone every name in the book
To call someone many abusive names.
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God's eye
A decorative diamond-shaped item woven from yarn, associated with Mexican and Central and South American Native American peoples.
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God's gift
Said of someone with an inflated sense of self-importance, or (occasionally) something that is overvalued.
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God's gift to men
Someone irresistible to men: someone whom all men find attractive; (often) someone ironically described as such.
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God's gift to women
Someone irresistible to women: someone whom all women find attractive; (often) someone ironically described as such.
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God's green earth
The world.
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God's honest truth
Unquestionable, absolute truth.