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God forbid [idiom]

a way of saying that you hope something does not happen

Example: 

God forbid (that) his parents should ever find out.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

2. God/Heaven forbid spoken used to emphasize that you hope that something will not happen:
‘Supposing I had an accident.’ ‘God forbid!’

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

God forbid (that …)

God/Heaven forˈbid (that…) idiom
(informal) used to say that you hope that sth will not happen
‘Maybe you'll end up as a lawyer, like me.’ ‘God forbid!’  Some people find this use offensive.

 

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

heaven forbid     ( also   God forbid ) 
  
        a way of saying that you hope something does not happen:  
  Heaven forbid  (that)  his parents should ever find out. 

 
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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

6) PHRASE: PHR with cl (feelings) If you say God forbid, you are expressing your hope that something will not happen.
  If, God forbid, something goes wrong, I don't know what I would do.
  Syn:
  heaven forbid

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

God/heaven forbid
- used in speech to say that you hope a bad thing will not happen
• This is the number you should call if, God forbid, you should get into an accident.
Heaven forbid that something bad should happen.