Meaning

2 senses
  1. (idiomatic)Said to someone who has just sneezed, as a polite remark.

    Gesundheit, hatschi, prost

    будь здоро́вbudʹ zdoróv, будь здоро́ваbudʹ zdoróva, бу́дьте здоро́выbúdʹte zdoróvy

    будьте здоровіbudʹte zdorovi

  2. (humorous, idiomatic)Used to express non-understanding of someone who has just used an unusual or foreign word or phrase (as if to imply that it sounds like a sneeze).

Examples

43 sentences
  1. God bless you all.

    deGott segne euch!

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  2. God bless you.

    ruБудьте здоровы.

    deGott beschütze dich.

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  3. God bless you guys.

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  4. I'm so blessed to call you my wife.

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  5. God bless you!

    Нехай Господь тебе благославить!

    ruБлагослови тебя Бог!

    deGott behüte Sie!

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
said to somebody who has sneezed:
Русский
By meaning 1
said to somebody who has sneezed:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
said to somebody who has sneezed:

Origin

Short for God bless you, from Middle English God blesse you, God blisse you.

Short for God bless you, from Middle English God blesse you, God blisse you.

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