GOD / HEAVEN FORBID (THAT ... )


Meaning of GOD / HEAVEN FORBID (THAT ... ) in English

( informal ) used to say that you hope that sth will not happen :

'Maybe you'll end up as a lawyer, like me.' 'God forbid!'

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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.