God forbid

English

Pronunciation

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Interjection

God forbid

(idiomatic, subjunctive) indicating that the occurrence of something is very undesirable
If, God forbid, there's a fire, head for the nearest exit.

Usage notes

May be considered blasphemous—see oh my God.

Synonyms

Thesaurus:God forbid

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)
Belarusian: барані́ бо́жа (baraní bóža), не дай бо́жа (nje daj bóža)
Bengali: খোদা না খাস্তা (khōda na khasta)
Bulgarian: да не да́ва Го́спод (da ne dáva Góspod), не дай си Бо́же (ne daj si Bóže)
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 Greek: μὴ γένοιτο (mḕ génoito)
Hebrew: חַס וְשָׁלוֹם (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
Indonesian: Tuhan melarang
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!)
Malay: Tuhan melarang
Nheengatu: Tupana upisirú
Nigerian Pidgin: tufiakwa
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Gud forby
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: не даждь богъ (ne daždĭ bogŭ)
Pannonian Rusyn: нє дай боже (nje daj bože), захрань боже (zaxranʹ bože), зохрань боже (zoxranʹ bože), сохрань боже (soxranʹ bože)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: خُدای‌نَکَرْدِه (xodây-nakarde), خُدا نَکُنِه (xodâ nakone)
Polish: broń Boże, nie daj Bóg, nie daj Boże, niech Pan Bóg broni, Boże uchowaj
Portuguese: Deus me perdoe, Deus me livre, Deus me livre e guarde
Romanian: ferească Domnul, Doamne ferește, ferească Dumnezeu
Russian: не дай бог (ru) (ne daj box), бо́же упаси́ (bóže upasí), сохрани́ го́споди (soxraní góspodi), не приведи́ госпо́дь (ne privedí gospódʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: не дај Боже, Боже сачувај!

Latin: 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
Tausug: sipais
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: اَللّٰہ مُعاف کَرے (allāh mu'āf kare), اَللّٰہ نَہ کَرے (allāh na kare), خُدا نَخواسْتَہ (xudā naxvāsta), مَعاذ اَللّٰہ (ma'āz allāh)
Uzbek: Xudo saqlasin, Xudo asrasin, Xudo koʻrsatmasin
Yiddish: חס־ושלום (khas-vesholem), חלילה (kholile)