perish the thought

[perish the thought] {v. phr.}

Let us not even think of it; may it never come true. — Used as an exclamation.

* /If John fails the college entrance exam — perish the thought — he will go back to high school for one more year./

* /Perish the thought that Mary should have cancer./

Compare: GOD FORBID.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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