God forbid

English Pronunciation en en-au-God forbid.ogg AU Interjection en idiomatic subjunctive indicating that the occurrence of something is very undesirable en heaven forbid heaven forfend Thesaurus:God forbid en God willing Lord willing ; more at Thesaurus:God forbid en If, God forbid, there's a fire, head for the nearest exit. en God forbid anybody get any real work done around here. sarcastic example en A: Do you think he'll win the election? B: God forbid! Usage notes May be considered blasphemous; more at en oh my God#Usage notes oh my God § Usage notes. Often used sarcastically. Translations don't let it be Arabic: ar لَا سَمَحَ اللّٰه, ar لَا قَدَّرَ اللّٰه, ar مَعَاذَ اللّٰهِ Egyptian Arabic: arz لا سمح اللّٰه la samaḥ alla, arz بعيد الشر beʕd ešar Armenian: hy Աստված չանի Azerbaijani: az Allah göstərməsin, az Allah eləməsin, az iraq olsun Bashkir: ba Аллам һаҡлаһын Belarusian: be барані́ бо́жа, be не дай бо́жа Bengali: bn খোদা না খাস্তা Bulgarian: bg да не да́ва Го́спод, bg не дай си Бо́же Czech: cs chraňbůh, cs Bože chraň Danish: da gud forbyde Dutch: nl god verhoede Finnish: fi Herra varjele French: fr à Dieu ne plaise, fr Dieu nous en préserve Georgian: ka ღმერთმა დაიფაროს German: de Gott behüte; de Gott bewahre; de da sei Gott vor Greek: el ο μη γένοιτο, el Θεός φυλάξοι Ancient Greek: grc μὴ γένοιτο Hebrew: he חַס וְשָׁלוֹם khas v'shalom, he חָלִילָה f ḥalíla Hindi: hi भगवान न करे, hi ईश्वर न करे, hi अल्लाह न करे chiefly among Muslims Hungarian: hu Isten őrizz!, hu Isten ments!, hu nehogy, hu ne adj' isten Indonesian: id Tuhan melarang Italian: it ci mancherebbe altro Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb خوا نەخواستە Latin: la dī āverterint!, la dī meliora! Latvian: lv lai Dievs dod Macedonian: mk не дај Боже, mk чувај Боже, mk Бог да чува! Malay: ms Tuhan melarang Nheengatu: yrl Tupana upisirú Nigerian Pidgin: pcm tufiakwa Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Gud forby Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: cu не даждь богъ Pannonian Rusyn: rsk нє дай боже, rsk захрань боже, rsk зохрань боже, rsk сохрань боже Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira خُدای‌نَکَرْدِه, fa-ira خُدا نَکُنِه Polish: pl broń Boże, pl nie daj Bóg, pl nie daj Boże, pl niech Pan Bóg broni, pl Boże uchowaj Portuguese: pt Deus me perdoe, pt Deus me livre, pt Deus me livre e guarde Romanian: ro ferească Domnul, ro Doamne ferește, ro ferească Dumnezeu Russian: ru не дай бог ne daj box, ru бо́же упаси́, ru сохрани́ го́споди, ru не приведи́ госпо́дь Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh не дај Боже, sh Боже сачувај! Latin: sh ne daj Bože, sh Bože sačuvaj! Slovak: sk Bože chráň, sk Pánboh ochraňuj, sk nedaj Bože Spanish: es ¡Dios no lo quiera!, es ¡Que Dios lo impida!, es ¡Dios nos libre!, es Dios no lo quiera, es Dios me libre Swedish: sv Gud förbjude Tausug: tsg sipais Turkish: tr Allah korusun!, tr Allah muhafaza, tr Allah göstermesin, tr Allah saklasın, tr Tanrı korusun Ukrainian: uk боро́нь бо́же, uk борони́ бо́же, uk сохрани́ бо́же Urdu: ur اَللّٰہ مُعاف کَرے, ur اَللّٰہ نَہ کَرے, ur خُدا نَخواسْتَہ, ur مَعاذ اَللّٰہ Uzbek: uz Xudo saqlasin, uz Xudo asrasin, uz Xudo koʻrsatmasin Yiddish: yi חס־ושלום khas-vesholem, yi חלילה kholile en subjunctive expressions