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Vsuresh Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
goodness
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Please help me with this.
"The church was a barn of a place,full of gloomy eerie corners that goodness knows what livestock might inhabit."
My question: What does goodness mean here?
Please help me with this.
"The church was a barn of a place,full of gloomy eerie corners that goodness knows what livestock might inhabit."
My question: What does goodness mean here?
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The semi-fixed phrase is 'goodness knows who/what/which/where/when/how'. , thank goodness!
- The semi-fixed phrase is 'goodness knows who/what/which/where/when/how'.
- , thank goodness!
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The semi-fixed phrase is 'goodness knows who/what/which/where/when/how'. 'Goodness' is a euphemism for '***": goodness knows!, goodness gracious!, thank goodness!
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There's an expression 'goodness knows'. It's a milder version of '*** knows', which some people find blasphemous.
In your sentence, 'goodness' means 'nobody'.
*** might know what is in the corners – nobody else knows.
Rover
EDIT: Rats! Too slow again
In your sentence, 'goodness' means 'nobody'.
*** might know what is in the corners – nobody else knows.
Rover
EDIT: Rats! Too slow again
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