heaven forbid | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)May heaven forbid it:expresses the desire that something does nothappen.Synonyms:seeThesaurus:God forbid1883,Howard Pyle, chapter V, inThe Merry Adventures of Robin Hood[…], New York, N.Y.:[…]Charles Scribner’s Sons[…],→OCLC:"Now, by Our Lady's grace," cried the Butcher, "well do I know thy name, and many a time have I heard thy deeds both sung and spoken of. ButHeaven forbidthat thou shouldst take aught of me! An honest man am I, and have wronged neither man nor maid; so trouble me not, good master, as I have never troubled thee.""Nay,Heaven forbid, indeed," quoth Robin, "that I should take from such as thee, jolly fellow! Not so much as one farthing would I take from thee, for I love a fair Saxon face like thine right well—more especially when it cometh from Locksley Town, and most especially when the man that owneth it is to marry a bonny lass on Thursday next. But come, tell me for what price thou wilt sell me all of thy meat and thy horse and cart."2023March 6, Alexis Jones, Megan Schaltegger, “These Tinder Conversation Starters Actually Work, According To Dating Experts”, inWomen's Health‎[1]:Here’s the worst case scenario: You’ve just wasted your time on a few meaningless Tinder messages and not an actual date—orheaven forbid, a full-blown relationship.

Examples:

EN: ♪ Ah, heaven forbid ♪
ES: ♪ Ah, Dios no lo quiera ♪
ES: ♪ Ah, el cielo no lo quiera ♪
EN: - No, heaven forbid!
ES: - ¡No, por favor!
EN: - If you like I can go. - No, heaven forbid... stay here.
ES: - Si lo desea, me puedo ir.
EN: No, heaven forbid!
ES: Ponte cómoda y charlemos.
EN: If you'd had grandchildren, Mellie, heaven forbid they'd have been children who never ate between meals, who were sickly.
ES: Si hubieras tenido nietos, Mellie, que el cielo no lo permita, habrian sido niños que nunca comerian entre comidas, habrian sido enfermizos.
EN: I wouldn't ask him to leave if he ate twice as much, heaven forbid.
ES: No le diré que se vaya porque coma el doble, Dios me libre.
EN: If the war goes on, heaven forbid, you won't be able to swing a cat without knocking down a few heroes.
ES: En unos años, si la guerra continúa, Dios no lo quiera... estaremos rodeados de héroes.
EN: Oh, heaven forbid.
ES: Oh, Dios me libre.
EN: A fine funeral for every member of the family, heaven forbid.
ES: Le garantizo que todos los miembros su familia tendrán un buen entierro.
EN: Trombone player, heaven forbid!
ES: Con un trombón... ¡Qué disparate!
EN: If she should come down with a cold or distemper, heaven forbid.
ES: S¡ cog¡era un resfr¡ado, o el moqu¡llo...
EN: If I were your mother, heaven forbid, I'd make it extremely painful for you to sit for the next few days.
ES: Si fuera tu madre, que por suerte no soy te resultaría muy doloroso estar sentada los próximos días.
EN: Marry, heaven forbid!
ES: ¡No lo quiera Dios!
EN: What the Fog, heaven forbid, do you see in that white feathered biddy?
ES: ¡Gobernanta, gobernanta! -¿ Y mi desayuno?
EN: I'll mention that if I run into any of them down in Cuba, heaven forbid.
ES: Mencionaré eso si me topo con alguno de ellos en Cuba, el cielo no lo quiera.

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