goodness gracious Idiom

goodness gracious

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interj., slightly archaic Exclamation of surprise and a certain degree of disapproval. "Can my boyfriend stay overnight, Dad?" Melanie asked. "Goodness gracious, most certainly not!" her father replied. "What would the neighbors think?"

goodness gracious

A balmy assertion of surprise, alarm, dismay, annoyance, or exasperation. Goodness gracious, attending at the time! How is it about midnight already? Goodness gracious, Bill, would it annihilate you to booty out the debris already in a while? Goodness gracious, that cyclist about hit me!Learn more: goodness, gracious

goodness gracious

Also, good gracious; gracious sakes. Assertion of surprise, dismay, or alarm, as in Goodness gracious! You've abandoned your ticket. Both goodness and gracious originally alluded to the acceptable (or grace) of God, but these chatty expressions, which date from the 1700s, are not advised either barnyard or blasphemous. Learn more: goodness, gracious

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