"for God's sake" meaning in English

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Interjection

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  1. An exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience. Synonyms: for the love of God Translations (exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience): πρὸς θεῶν (pròs theôn) (Ancient Greek), τοὺς θεούς σοι (toùs theoús soi) (Ancient Greek), مِنْ أَجْلِ اللّٰهِ (min ʔajli llāhi) (Arabic), لِوَجْه اللّٰه (li-wajh allāh) (Arabic), ի սեր աստծո (i ser astco) (Armenian), Allah xatirinə (Azerbaijani), дзе́ля бо́га (dzjélja bóha) (Belarusian), бо́гам прашу́ (bóham prašú) (Belarusian), за бо́га (za bóga) (Bulgarian), заради́ бо́га (zaradí bóga) (Bulgarian), per l'amor de Déu (Catalan), بۆ خاتری خوا (bo xatrî xwa) (Central Kurdish), 拜託 (Chinese Mandarin), 拜托 (bàituō) (Chinese Mandarin), proboha (Czech), in hemelsnaam (Dutch), in godsnaam (Dutch), om Gods wil (Dutch), Herran tähden (Finnish), pour l’amour de Dieu (French), mon Dieu (French), por Deus (Galician), um Gottes willen (German), Grundgütiger (english: exalted) (German), Himmel nochmal (German), verflixt nochmal (German), Menschenskind (German), για όνομα του Θεού (gia ónoma tou Theoú) (Greek), για το Θεό (gia to Theó) (Greek), για τ' όνομα του Θεού (gia t' ónoma tou Theoú) (Greek), לְמַעַן הַשֵּׁם (lemá'an hashém) (Hebrew), az isten szerelmére (Hungarian), az istenért (Hungarian), í guðanna bænum (Icelandic), pro amo a deo (Ido), in ainm Dé! (Irish), per l'amor di Dio (Italian), 後生だから (go-shō da kara) (alt: ごしょうだから) (Japanese), お願いだから (o-negai da kara) (alt: おねがいだから) (Japanese), 冗談じゃないよ (jōdan ja nai yo) (alt: じょうだんじゃないよ) (Japanese), 제발 (jebal) (Korean), 제발 바라건대 (jebal barageondae) (Korean), ალლაჲისე (allayise) (Laz), for Guds skyld (Norwegian Bokmål), Gudskjelov (Norwegian Bokmål), محض رضای خدا (mahz-e rezâ-ye xodâ) (Persian), na litość boską (Polish), na miłość boską (Polish), rany boskie (Polish), na Boga (Polish), pelo amor de Deus (Portuguese), por amor da Santa (Portuguese), în numele lui Dumnezeu (Romanian), го́споди бо́же (góspodi bóže) (Russian), an ainm an Àigh (Scottish Gaelic), за̏бога [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), zȁboga [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), preboha (Slovak), por Dios (Spanish), por el amor de Dios (Spanish), pardiez (Spanish), för Guds skull (Swedish), தயவு செய்து (tayavu ceytu) (Tamil), Allahını seversen (Turkish), Allah aşkına (Turkish), allahise [dialectal] (Turkish), зара́ди бо́га (zarády bóha) (Ukrainian), ра́ди бо́га (rády bóha) (Ukrainian), خدارہ (xudāra) (Urdu), خدا کے واسطے (xudā ke vāste) (Urdu), اللہ کے واسطے (allāh ke vāste) (Urdu), خدا کے لئے (xudā ke liye) (Urdu), trời ơi (Vietnamese), ối trời ơi (Vietnamese), למען־השם (leman-hashem) (Yiddish), לשם־שמים (lesheym-shomayem) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-for_God's_sake-en-intj-oy~ye-EQ Categories (other): Central Kurdish terms with redundant transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Central Kurdish terms with redundant transliterations: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience': 98 2
  2. Indicating a heartfelt or urgent request. Synonyms: please Translations (indicating a heartfelt or urgent request): Herran tähden (Finnish), por Deus (Galician), ра́ди бо́га (rádi bóga) (Russian), தயவு செய்து (tayavu ceytu) (Tamil)
    Sense id: en-for_God's_sake-en-intj--aKI8cDO Categories (other): Central Kurdish terms with redundant transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Central Kurdish terms with redundant transliterations: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'indicating a heartfelt or urgent request': 2 98

Alternative forms

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          "text": "For God's sake, don't scare me like that!",
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          "text": "Put some pants on, for God's sake!",
          "type": "example"
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          "ref": "2023 January 30, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Mark Walker, quoting Joe Biden, “Biden Visits Decrepit Rail Tunnel to Promote $1 Trillion Infrastructure Law”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-01-30, Politics",
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          "word": "for the love of God"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "min ʔajli llāhi",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
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          "word": "ի սեր աստծո"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "Allah xatirinə"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "dzjélja bóha",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "roman": "bóham prašú",
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          "word": "бо́гам прашу́"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "roman": "za bóga",
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          "word": "за бо́га"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "roman": "zaradí bóga",
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          "word": "заради́ бо́га"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "per l'amor de Déu"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "拜託"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bàituō",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "拜托"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "proboha"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "in hemelsnaam"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "in godsnaam"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "om Gods wil"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "Herran tähden"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "pour l’amour de Dieu"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "mon Dieu"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "por Deus"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "um Gottes willen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "exalted",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "Grundgütiger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "Himmel nochmal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "verflixt nochmal"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "Menschenskind"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "gia ónoma tou Theoú",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "για όνομα του Θεού"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "gia to Theó",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "για το Θεό"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "gia t' ónoma tou Theoú",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "για τ' όνομα του Θεού"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "pròs theôn",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "πρὸς θεῶν"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "toùs theoús soi",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "τοὺς θεούς σοι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "lemá'an hashém",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "לְמַעַן הַשֵּׁם"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "az isten szerelmére"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "az istenért"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "í guðanna bænum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "pro amo a deo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "in ainm Dé!"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "per l'amor di Dio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "alt": "ごしょうだから",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "go-shō da kara",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "後生だから"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "alt": "おねがいだから",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "o-negai da kara",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "お願いだから"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "alt": "じょうだんじゃないよ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jōdan ja nai yo",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "冗談じゃないよ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jebal",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "제발"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jebal barageondae",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "제발 바라건대"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "bo xatrî xwa",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "بۆ خاتری خوا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "lzz",
          "lang": "Laz",
          "roman": "allayise",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "ალლაჲისე"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "for Guds skyld"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "Gudskjelov"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "mahz-e rezâ-ye xodâ",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "محض رضای خدا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "na litość boską"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "na miłość boską"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "rany boskie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "na Boga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "pelo amor de Deus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "por amor da Santa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "în numele lui Dumnezeu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "góspodi bóže",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "го́споди бо́же"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "an ainm an Àigh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "за̏бога"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "zȁboga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "preboha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "por Dios"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "por el amor de Dios"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "pardiez"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "för Guds skull"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "tayavu ceytu",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "தயவு செய்து"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "Allahını seversen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "Allah aşkına"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "tags": [
            "dialectal"
          ],
          "word": "allahise"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zarády bóha",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "зара́ди бо́га"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rády bóha",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "ра́ди бо́га"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "xudāra",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "خدارہ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "xudā ke vāste",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "خدا کے واسطے"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "allāh ke vāste",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "اللہ کے واسطے"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "xudā ke liye",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "خدا کے لئے"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "trời ơi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "ối trời ơi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "leman-hashem",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "למען־השם"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "lesheym-shomayem",
          "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
          "word": "לשם־שמים"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "52 48",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1850 [1845], Edgar Allan Poe, “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar”, in The works of the late Edgar Allan Poe",
          "text": "“For God's sake!—quick!—quick!—put me to sleep—or, quick!—waken me!—quick!—I say to you that I am dead!”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde",
          "text": "‘Utterson,’ said the voice, ‘for God's sake, have mercy!’",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Indicating a heartfelt or urgent request."
      ],
      "id": "en-for_God's_sake-en-intj--aKI8cDO",
      "links": [
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          "heartfelt",
          "heartfelt#English"
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          "urgent",
          "urgent#English"
        ],
        [
          "request",
          "request#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "please"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "indicating a heartfelt or urgent request",
          "word": "Herran tähden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "indicating a heartfelt or urgent request",
          "word": "por Deus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rádi bóga",
          "sense": "indicating a heartfelt or urgent request",
          "word": "ра́ди бо́га"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "tayavu ceytu",
          "sense": "indicating a heartfelt or urgent request",
          "word": "தயவு செய்து"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "for God's sake"
}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English lemmas",
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      "args": {},
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
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    {
      "categories": [
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "For God's sake, don't scare me like that!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Put some pants on, for God's sake!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 January 30, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Mark Walker, quoting Joe Biden, “Biden Visits Decrepit Rail Tunnel to Promote $1 Trillion Infrastructure Law”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-01-30, Politics",
          "text": "“The structure is deteriorating. The roof was leaking. The floor is sinking,” Mr. Biden said in a speech in front of the tunnel, the oldest in the Northeast, where the crowd included dozens of union workers. “This is the United States of America, for God’s sake. We know better than that.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "An exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience."
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        {
          "word": "for the love of God"
        }
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      "categories": [
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1850 [1845], Edgar Allan Poe, “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar”, in The works of the late Edgar Allan Poe",
          "text": "“For God's sake!—quick!—quick!—put me to sleep—or, quick!—waken me!—quick!—I say to you that I am dead!”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde",
          "text": "‘Utterson,’ said the voice, ‘for God's sake, have mercy!’",
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "min ʔajli llāhi",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "مِنْ أَجْلِ اللّٰهِ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "li-wajh allāh",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "لِوَجْه اللّٰه"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "i ser astco",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "ի սեր աստծո"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "Allah xatirinə"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dzjélja bóha",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "дзе́ля бо́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "bóham prašú",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "бо́гам прашу́"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "za bóga",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "за бо́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaradí bóga",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "заради́ бо́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "per l'amor de Déu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "拜託"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bàituō",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "拜托"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "proboha"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "in hemelsnaam"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "in godsnaam"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "om Gods wil"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "Herran tähden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "pour l’amour de Dieu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "mon Dieu"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "por Deus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "um Gottes willen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "exalted",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "Grundgütiger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "Himmel nochmal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "verflixt nochmal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "Menschenskind"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "gia ónoma tou Theoú",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "για όνομα του Θεού"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "gia to Theó",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "για το Θεό"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "gia t' ónoma tou Theoú",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "για τ' όνομα του Θεού"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pròs theôn",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "πρὸς θεῶν"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "toùs theoús soi",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "τοὺς θεούς σοι"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "lemá'an hashém",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "לְמַעַן הַשֵּׁם"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "az isten szerelmére"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "az istenért"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "í guðanna bænum"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "pro amo a deo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "in ainm Dé!"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "per l'amor di Dio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ごしょうだから",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "go-shō da kara",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "後生だから"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おねがいだから",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "o-negai da kara",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "お願いだから"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じょうだんじゃないよ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jōdan ja nai yo",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "冗談じゃないよ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jebal",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "제발"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jebal barageondae",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "제발 바라건대"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "bo xatrî xwa",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "بۆ خاتری خوا"
    },
    {
      "code": "lzz",
      "lang": "Laz",
      "roman": "allayise",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "ალლაჲისე"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "for Guds skyld"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "Gudskjelov"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mahz-e rezâ-ye xodâ",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "محض رضای خدا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "na litość boską"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "na miłość boską"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "rany boskie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "na Boga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "pelo amor de Deus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "por amor da Santa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "în numele lui Dumnezeu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "góspodi bóže",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "го́споди бо́же"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "an ainm an Àigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "за̏бога"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "zȁboga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "preboha"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "por Dios"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "por el amor de Dios"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "pardiez"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "för Guds skull"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "tayavu ceytu",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "தயவு செய்து"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "Allahını seversen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "Allah aşkına"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "allahise"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zarády bóha",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "зара́ди бо́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rády bóha",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "ра́ди бо́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "xudāra",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "خدارہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "xudā ke vāste",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "خدا کے واسطے"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "allāh ke vāste",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "اللہ کے واسطے"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "xudā ke liye",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "خدا کے لئے"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "trời ơi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "ối trời ơi"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "leman-hashem",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "למען־השם"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "lesheym-shomayem",
      "sense": "exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience",
      "word": "לשם־שמים"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "indicating a heartfelt or urgent request",
      "word": "Herran tähden"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "indicating a heartfelt or urgent request",
      "word": "por Deus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rádi bóga",
      "sense": "indicating a heartfelt or urgent request",
      "word": "ра́ди бо́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "tayavu ceytu",
      "sense": "indicating a heartfelt or urgent request",
      "word": "தயவு செய்து"
    }
  ],
  "word": "for God's sake"
}

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