forb イディオム
heaven forbid
forbidden fruit
Idiom(s): forbidden fruitTheme: TABOO
someone or something that one finds attractive or desirable partly because having the person or thing is immoral or illegal. (From the apple in the Garden of Eden that was forbidden to Adam by God.)
• Jim flirts with his sister-in-law only because she's forbidden fruit.
• The boy watches that program only when his parents are out. It's forbidden fruit.
God forbid|God|forbid
interj. May God prevent (something from happening); I hope that will not happen or is not true. Someone told the worried mother that her son might have drowned. She said, "God forbid!" God forbid that the dam break and flood the valley!Compare: PERISH THE THOUGHT.
forbid
forbidsee God forbid.
God forbid
God forbidAlso, heaven forbid. May God prevent something from happening or being the case. For example, God forbid that they actually encounter a bear, or Heaven forbid that the tornado pulls off the roof. This term, in which heaven also stands for “God,” does not necessarily imply a belief in God's direct intervention but merely expresses a strong wish. [c. 1225] For a synonym, see perish the thought.
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