What does oh my goodness gracious mean?

oh my goodness gracious

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables: oh my -good-ness -gra-cious
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Meaning

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Oh my God.

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Example Sentences

""Oh, my goodness gracious! who'd have thought it? Oh, my soul and body!" exclaimed Ben, dropping the cover, and jumping up with a perfectly absurd look of ..."
"Oh, my goodness gracious me! where was I? Where was Robert? To happen to me, a sort of prudish old maid, who kept her house so strict!"

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Inflected Forms

goodness gracious me (alternative) oh, my goodness gracious (alternative) oh my goodness gracious me (alternative) oh, my goodness gracious me (alternative)

Phrases

goodness gracious oh my goodness

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