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idiomgod► God's gift to► so help me (God)God willing and the creek don't rise AmEAmEspoken a humorous expression used in order to say that you hope you will not have problems doing something:God willing and the creek don't rise, we'll be able to get through the next few months.I've won lots of awards, but I don't have an Olympic medal. God willing and the creek don't rise, I'll get one.pray to the porcelain god AmEAmEslang to vomitbring up food or drink from your stomach because you are ill, especially because you have drunk too much alcohol:I was so sick. I was praying to the porcelain god all night.work all the hours (that) God sends BrEBrEused in order to say that someone spends all their time working very hard:Usually things get very busy just after Christmas with everyone rushing around working all the hours God sends.These days Reg works all the hours that God sends - he'll have a heart attack one day if he's not careful.
(oh) (my) God!An exclamation of surprise, alarm, dismay, annoyance, or exasperation. My God, look at the time! How is it nearly midnight already? God, Bill! Would it kill you to take out the trash once in a while? Oh my God! That cyclist nearly hit me! (good) ˈGod, God alˈmighty, God in ˈheaven, my/oh ˈGod (spoken) used for expressing anger, surprise, etc: Good God! What on earth have you done to my car?Oh my God! I’ve broken my watch again!God almighty! You’re not going to wear that terrible old suit to the wedding, are you?(Some people find these expressions offensive.)See:- (as) sure as God made little green apples
- (God) bless you
- (Holy) Mother of God
- (little) tin god
- (oh) (my) God!
- a man of God/the cloth
- a tin god
- act of God
- ain't got the brains God gave a squirrel
- ain't got the sense God gave geese
- an act of God
- be in the lap of the gods
- bless your pointy little head
- by guess and by God
- by the grace of God
- consecrate (someone or something) to God
- consecrate to God
- cross my heart (and point to God/hope to die)
- cross my heart and hope to die
- dear me
- find God
- fit for a king
- fit for the gods
- for God's sake
- for God's, heaven's, pity's, etc. sake
- for heaven's sake
- for pity's sake
- for the love of
- for the love of God
- for the love of Mike/Pete/God
- for the sake of
- gallery gods
- get right with (someone)
- God
- God almighty
- God bless
- God forbid
- God forbid!
- God forfend
- God help (one)
- God helps them that help themselves
- God helps those who help themselves
- God is in the detail(s)
- God knows
- God knows (that) I've tried
- God love a duck!
- God only knows
- God only knows!
- God rest his/her soul
- God rest his/her/their soul
- God rest soul
- God sends meat and the devil sends cooks
- God takes soonest those he loveth best
- God willing
- God willing and the creek don’t rise
- God willing and the creek don't rise
- God works in mysterious ways
- God/goodness/Heaven knows
- God/Heaven forbid
- God/Heaven help somebody
- God’s acre
- God-given right
- God's acre
- God's country
- God's gift
- God's gift to
- God's gift to (something)
- God's gift to man
- God's gift to mankind
- God's gift to something
- God's gift to the world
- God's gift to women
- God's green earth
- God's honest truth
- God's in his heaven; all's right with the world
- God's own gift to (something)
- good God!
- harder than the back of God's head
- has more money than God
- have more money than God
- heaven help (one)
- honest to God
- honest to God/goodness
- Honest to goodness
- honest to goodness/God/Pete
- hug the porcelain god
- hug the porcelain goddess
- if God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him
- in God's name
- in God's/Heaven's name
- in the lap of the gods
- in the name of
- in the name of God
- kiss the porcelain god
- lap of the gods
- lap of the gods, in the
- let go and let God
- little tin god
- lose (one's) faith (in something or someone)
- man of God
- man plans and God laughs
- Man proposes, God disposes
- mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small
- mills of the gods grind slowly
- mills of the gods grind slowly(, but they grind exceedingly fine)
- mills of the gods grind slowly, the
- my God
- nearer the church, the farther from God
- nectar of the gods
- play God
- please God
- pray to the enamel god
- pray to the porcelain god
- put the fear of God in
- put the fear of God in (one)
- put the fear of God in someone
- put the fear of God into
- put the fear of God into (one)
- put the fear of God into somebody
- put the fear of God into someone
- put your faith in God, and keep your powder dry
- put your faith in God, but keep your powder dry
- put your trust in God, and keep your powder dry
- put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry
- so help me
- so help me (God)
- sure as God made little green apples
- sweet Mary, mother of God
- take the goods the gods provide
- talk to God on the big white (tele)phone
- thank God
- thank God for small blessings
- thank God for small favors
- thank God for small mercies
- thank God it's Friday
- thank God!
- The gods send nuts to those who have no teeth
- the mills of God grind slowly(, but they grind exceedingly fine)
- the nearer the church, the farther from God
- There but for the grace of God
- there but for the grace of God (go I)
- there but for the grace of God go I
- think hung the moon
- tin god
- to God
- to God/goodness/Heaven
- to goodness
- to heaven
- true as God
- trust in God and keep your powder dry
- trust in God, but keep your powder dry
- trust in God, but tie up your camel
- what hath God wrought
- Where on God’s green earth?
- Whom the gods love die young
- why in God's name
- woman of God
- work all the hours God sends
- worship the porcelain god
- worship the porcelain goddess
- wrath of God, look/feel like the
- Ye gods!
- You cannot serve God and mammon
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