God help someone
Expressing pity, commiseration, or benedictionExpressing pity, commiseration, or benediction (in a literally or figuratively religious way).
Meaning
3 sensesExpressing pity, commiseration, or benediction (in a literally or figuratively religious way).
God help him, he's just trying to stay afloat.
Well, you certainly tried your best, God help you.
Expressing a threat or a warning to the person who violates some rule or condition. (The implication is that something so bad will happen, such as the speaker punishing the other person or a disaster ensuing, that the other person will need God's protection from that wrath or calamity.)
God help you
God help them
(first person)An expression of astonishment, dismay, bemusement, or a jocular hint of any of those.
Near-synonyms: lawdamercy; Jesus Christ; Jesus, Mary and Joseph; Lord love a duck
God help me
Origin
Compare Old English God helpe sumes mannes.Compare Old English God helpe sumes mannes.
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Synonyms
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