"from your lips to God's ears" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "The expression originated in Yiddish, spoken by Ashkenazi Jews in Europe. It was adopted into English due to the influence of Ashkenazim who immigrated to the United States.",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1987, Nancy Pickard, No Body, page 55:",
          "text": "\"Heaven help us,\" she said. \"From your lips to God's ears,\" said Stan Pittman as he walked up to her desk.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Sholem Aleichem, Tevye the Dairyman: And, Motl the Cantor's Son, page 64:",
          "text": "\"From your lips to God's ears! May our enemies,\" I said, \"have as much good health as I understand what is happening with you and what this game is about!\"",
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        }
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        "Used to express the speaker's wish that a preceding statement by another speaker were to come true."
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        "(informal) Used to express the speaker's wish that a preceding statement by another speaker were to come true."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "I wish"
        }
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      "tags": [
        "informal"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "dein Wort in Gottes Ohr"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ap' to stóma sou kai stou Theoú t' aftí",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "απ' το στόμα σου και στου Θεού τ' αφτί"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "mehapé shelkhá le'elohím",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "מהפה שלך לאלוהים"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tvoi slova da bogu v uši",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "твои слова да богу в уши"
        },
        {
          "alt": "из твојих уста у божије уши",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "iz tvojih usta u božije uši"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "from your lips to God's ears"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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    {
      "word": "I wish"
    }
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          "ref": "1987, Nancy Pickard, No Body, page 55:",
          "text": "\"Heaven help us,\" she said. \"From your lips to God's ears,\" said Stan Pittman as he walked up to her desk.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Sholem Aleichem, Tevye the Dairyman: And, Motl the Cantor's Son, page 64:",
          "text": "\"From your lips to God's ears! May our enemies,\" I said, \"have as much good health as I understand what is happening with you and what this game is about!\"",
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      ],
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        "Used to express the speaker's wish that a preceding statement by another speaker were to come true."
      ],
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        "(informal) Used to express the speaker's wish that a preceding statement by another speaker were to come true."
      ],
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        "informal"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "dein Wort in Gottes Ohr"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ap' to stóma sou kai stou Theoú t' aftí",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "απ' το στόμα σου και στου Θεού τ' αφτί"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mehapé shelkhá le'elohím",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "מהפה שלך לאלוהים"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tvoi slova da bogu v uši",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "твои слова да богу в уши"
    },
    {
      "alt": "из твојих уста у божије уши",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "iz tvojih usta u božije uši"
    }
  ],
  "word": "from your lips to God's ears"
}