for goodness' sake

Meaning: (idiomatic,euphemistic)Used to expressfrustration,exasperation,annoyance.For goodness' sake, get off thecomputer! You've been on there for ages!2015April 28, Tracey Spicer, “Taming tiny terrors: How to have a happy family holiday”, inThe Press:You're 47,for goodness' sake. Too old for this!2017May 1, Dana Johannsen, “What happens when you watch six hours of ANZ Premiership netball?”, inNew Zealand Herald:She's 1.98mfor goodness sake! How can you not find her!?; (idiomatic,euphemistic)Used to expresssurpriseoramazement.For goodness' sake, I spelled that word correctly. I never knew I could do that.1921,Printers' Ink Monthly - Volumes 3-4, page42:No salesman is ever a bore if he can make us throw up our hands and say, "Well,for goodness' sake! What do you know about that ?" Yes, surprise is the thing.2008, Walter Isaacson,Einstein: His Life and Universe,→ISBN:“For goodness' sake,” Einstein exclaimed. “So that was the famous caviar!" He paused for a moment, then added, "Well, if you offer gourmet food to peasants like me, you know they won't appreciate it."2014, Louise Millar,The Hidden Girl: A Novel,→ISBN, page179:For goodness' sake, we go to Spain for a week and get new next-door neighbors! How lovely!2016November 24, Te Ahua Maitland, “Woman celebrating 100th birthday receives 50 double-ups on cards”, inThe Southland Times:I thought,for goodness' sake, fancy them being the same!; (idiomatic,euphemistic)Used foremphasis1888, Harrison and Morton,The Tippecanoe Campaign Songster:They'll try all they can to deceive and to cheat, Butfor goodness sakedon't say I told you.2012 -, Hazel Holt,No Cure for Death,→ISBN:Well,for goodness sakelet me know if I can do anything.2013August 26, Bryony Gordon, “'I am not normally a stickler for tradition – I had a baby out of wedlock, for goodness sake'”, inThe Telegraph:I am not normally a stickler for tradition – I had a baby out of wedlock,for goodness sake– but for some reason I want Harry to be my husband.2017May 9, “Time for former champions to start again”, inTaranaki Daily News:Butfor goodness sake, please review the plan and come up with detail that distinguishes each groups cultural identity and is something that the players can own.2017May 14, Susan Estrich, “Mothers and memories”, inThe Exponent Telegram:These young women are busy,for goodness' sake, tired and overworked, stressed, trying to find time for themselves in days that have too little.

Examples:

EN: Well, for goodness' sake.
ES: Está ocupada. ¿Quiere esperar?
ES: Vaya, qué increíble.
ES: George Heisler
ES: ¡Por Dios!
EN: All right, you win, but for goodness' sake, hurry.
ES: Está bien, tú ganas, pero apúrate, por favor.
EN: Anne, for goodness' sake will you stop apologizing and listen?
ES: Anne, por el amor de Dios, ¿podrías dejar de disculparte y escuchar?
EN: Oh, Pop, for goodness' sake.
ES: Oh, papá, por amor de dios.
EN: And for goodness' sake, do be careful.
ES: Y, por el amor de Dios, sea prudente.
EN: Well, for goodness' sake!
ES: ¡Vaya, qué sorpresa!
EN: Oh, for goodness' sake.
ES: Oh, santo cielo.
ES: Por Dios.
EN: Ottilie, for goodness' sake, pull yourself together sit down and warm yourself
ES: ¡Ese pastor Immos haciendo otra vez la pelota y no paraba de hablar! Ottilie, hazme el favor... contrólate un poco.
EN: That's what I'm, Mr Allison goodness gracious and for goodness' sake, what a tragedy.
ES: ¡Que me aspen! Allison, no te imaginas qué tragedia.
EN: It's getting looser, but for goodness' sake, stop sniveling.
ES: Se va aflojando, pero deja de lloriquear.
EN: Well, for goodness' sake, hello.
ES: Vaya, qué sorpresa. Hola.
EN: Oh, for goodness' sake, no, I thought the party was Wednesday.
ES: Qué va. Pensaba que era el miércoles.
EN: Stop squabbling, you two, for goodness' sake!
ES: ¡Dejad ya de discutir, por el amor de Dios!
EN: Now, for goodness' sake, shut up.
ES: Dejen ya eso, por favor.
EN: -Kay, for goodness' sake!
ES: - ¡Kay, por Dios!

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