for God's sake

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87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مِنْ أَجْلِ اللّٰهِ (min ʔajli llāhi) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Arabic: لِوَجْهِ اللّٰهِ (li-wajhi allāhi) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Armenian: ի սեր աստծո (i ser astco) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Azerbaijani: Allah xatirinə — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Azerbaijani: sən Allah — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Belarusian: дзе́ля бо́га (dzjélja bóha) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Belarusian: бо́гам прашу́ (bóham prašú) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Bulgarian: за бо́га (za bóga) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Bulgarian: заради́ бо́га (zaradí bóga) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Catalan: per l'amor de Déu — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Chinese Mandarin: 拜託 /拜托 (bàituō) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Chinese Mandarin: 我的天啊 (wǒ de tiān a) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Czech: proboha — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Dutch: in hemelsnaam — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Dutch: in godsnaam — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Dutch: om Gods wil — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Finnish: Herran tähden — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• French: pour l'amour de Dieu — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• French: mon Dieu — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Galician: por Deus — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• German: um Gottes willen — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• German: Grundgütiger — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• German: Himmel nochmal — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• German: verflixt nochmal — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• German: Menschenskind — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Greek: για όνομα του Θεού (gia ónoma tou Theoú) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Greek: για το Θεό (gia to Theó) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Greek: για τ’ όνομα του Θεού (gia t’ ónoma tou Theoú) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Ancient Greek: πρὸς θεῶν (pròs theôn) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Ancient Greek: τοὺς θεούς σοι (toùs theoús soi) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Hebrew: לְמַעַן הַשֵּׁם (lemá'an hashém) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Hungarian: az isten szerelmére — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Hungarian: az istenért — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Icelandic: í guðanna bænum — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Ido: pro amo a deo — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Irish: in ainm Dé! — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Irish: as ucht Dé — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Italian: per l'amor di Dio — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Japanese: 後生だから (go-shō da kara) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Japanese: お願いだから (o-negai da kara) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Japanese: 冗談じゃないよ (jōdan ja nai yo) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Korean: 제발 (jebal) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Korean: 제발 바라건대 (jebal barageondae) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Central Kurdish: بۆ خاتری خوا (bo xatrî xwa) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Laz: ალლაჲისე (allayise) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Macedonian: аман (aman) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Norwegian Bokmål: for Guds skyld — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Norwegian Bokmål: Gudskjelov — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Iranian Persian: مَحْضِ رِضایِ خُدا (mahz-e rezâ-ye xodâ) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Polish: na litość boską — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Polish: na miłość boską — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Polish: rany boskie — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Polish: na Boga — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Portuguese: pelo amor de Deus — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Portuguese: por amor da Santa — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Romanian: în numele lui Dumnezeu — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Russian: го́споди бо́же (góspodi bóže) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Russian: ра́ди бо́га (rádi bóga) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Russian: ра́ди всего́ свято́го (rádi vsevó svjatóvo) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Scottish Gaelic: an ainm an Àigh — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Serbo-Croatian: за̏бога — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Serbo-Croatian: zȁboga — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Slovak: preboha — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Spanish: por Dios — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Spanish: por el amor de Dios — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Spanish: pardiez — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Swedish: för Guds skull — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Tamil: தயவு செய்து (tayavu ceytu) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Turkish: Allahını seversen — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Turkish: Allah aşkına — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Turkish: allahise — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Ukrainian: зара́ди бо́га (zarády bóha) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Ukrainian: ра́ди бо́га (rády bóha) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Urdu: خُدارَہ (xudāra) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Urdu: خُدا کے واسْطے (xudā ke vāste) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Urdu: اَللّٰہ کے واسْطے (allāh ke vāste) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Urdu: خُدا کے لِئے (xudā ke lie) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Yiddish: למען־השם (leman-hashem) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Yiddish: לשם־שמים (lesheym-shomayem) — exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience
• Azerbaijani: sən allah — indicating a heartfelt or urgent request
• Finnish: Herran tähden — indicating a heartfelt or urgent request
• Galician: por Deus — indicating a heartfelt or urgent request
• Irish: as ucht Dé — indicating a heartfelt or urgent request
• Polish: na miłość boską — indicating a heartfelt or urgent request
• Polish: na litość boską — indicating a heartfelt or urgent request
• Russian: ра́ди бо́га (rádi bóga) — indicating a heartfelt or urgent request
• Tamil: தயவு செய்து (tayavu ceytu) — indicating a heartfelt or urgent request