God forbid

English

Pronunciation

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Interjection

God forbid

1. (idiomatic, subjunctive) indicating that the occurrence of something is very undesirable

   If, God forbid, there's a fire, head for the nearest exit door.

Synonyms

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Translations

Don't let it be

• Arabic: لَا سَمَحَ اللّٰه (lā samaḥa llāh), لَا قَدَّرَ اللّٰه (lā qaddara llāh), مَعَاذَ اللّٰهِ (maʕāḏa llāhi)

  Egyptian Arabic: لا سمح اللّٰه (la samaḥ alla), بعيد الشر (beʕd ešar)

• Armenian: Աստված չանի (Astvac čʻani)
• Azerbaijani: Allah göstərməsin, Allah eləməsin, iraq olsun
• Bashkir: Аллам һаҡлаһын (Allam haqlahın)
• Bengali: খোদা না খাস্তা (khōda na khasta)
• Bulgarian: да не дава Господ (da ne dava Gospod), не дай си Боже (ne daj si Bože)
• Czech: chraňbůh, Bože chraň
• Danish: gud forbyde
• Dutch: god verhoede
• Finnish: Herra varjele
• French: à Dieu ne plaise (fr), Dieu nous en préserve
• Georgian: ღმერთმა დაიფაროს (ɣmertma daiparos)
• German: Gott behüte; Gott bewahre; da sei Gott vor
• Greek: ο μη γένοιτο (el) (o mi génoito), Θεός φυλάξοι (el) (Theós fyláxoi)

  Ancient: μὴ γένοιτο (mḕ génoito)

• Hebrew: חס ושלום (he) (khas v'shalom), חָלִילָה (he) f (ḥalíla)
• Hindi: भगवान न करे (bhagvān na kare), ईश्वर न करे (īśvar na kare), अल्लाह न करे (allāh na kare) (chiefly among Muslims)
• Hungarian: Isten őrizz!, Isten ments!, nehogy (hu), ne adj' isten
• Italian: ci mancherebbe altro
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: خوا نەخواستە (xwa nexwaste)

• Latin: Dī āverterint!, Dī meliora!
• Latvian: lai Dievs dod
• Macedonian: не дај Боже (ne daj Bože), чувај Боже (čuvaj Bože), Бог да чува! (Bog da čuva!)
• Nheengatu: Tupana upisirú
• Old Church Slavonic: не даждь богъ (ne daždĭ bogŭ)
• Persian: خدای‌نکرده (xodây-nakarde), خدا نکنه (xodâ nakone)
• Polish: broń Boże nie daj Bóg, niech Pan Bóg broni, broń Boże
• Portuguese: Deus me perdoe, Deus me livre, Deus me livre e guarde
• Romanian: ferească Domnul, Doamne ferește, ferească Dumnezeu
• Russian: не дай Бог (ne daj Bog), Боже упаси (Bože upasi)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: не дај Боже, Боже сачувај!

  Roman: ne daj Bože, Bože sačuvaj!

• Slovak: Bože chráň, Pánboh ochraňuj, nedaj Bože
• Spanish: ¡Dios no lo quiera!, ¡Que Dios lo impida!, ¡Dios nos libre!, Dios no lo quiera, Dios me libre
• Swedish: Gud förbjude
• Turkish: Allah korusun!, Allah muhafaza, Allah göstermesin, Allah saklasın, Tanrı korusun
• Ukrainian: боро́нь Бо́же (uk) (borónʹ Bóže), борони́ Бо́же (uk) (boroný Bóže), сохрани́ Бо́же (soxraný Bóže)
• Urdu: اللہ ماف کرے (allāh māf kare), اللہ نہ کرے (allāh nah kare), خدا نخواستہ (xudā naxāsta), معاذ اللہ (ma'āz allāh)
• Uzbek: Xudo saqlasin, Xudo asrasin, Xudo koʻrsatmasin
• Yiddish: חס־ושלום (khas-vesholem), חלילה (kholile)