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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 […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Monta Crane

There are three ways to get something done: do it yourself, hire someone, or forbid your kids to do it. www.sky-net-eye.com

R.B. Cunningham-Graham

(1852-1936) in letter to Teddy Roosevelt, 1917 God forbid that I should go to any heaven in which there are no horses. www.sky-net-eye.com

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 […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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