God forbid

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• Arabic: لَا سَمَحَ اللّٰه (lā samaḥa llāh) — don't let it be
• Arabic: لَا قَدَّرَ اللّٰه (lā qaddara llāh) — don't let it be
• Arabic: مَعَاذَ اللّٰهِ (maʕāḏa llāhi) — don't let it be
• Arabic: لا سمح اللّٰه (la samaḥ alla) — don't let it be
• Arabic: بعيد الشر (beʕd ešar) — don't let it be
• Armenian: Աստված չանի (Astvac čʻani) — don't let it be
• Azerbaijani: Allah göstərməsin — don't let it be
• Azerbaijani: Allah eləməsin — don't let it be
• Azerbaijani: iraq olsun — don't let it be
• Bashkir: Аллам һаҡлаһын (Allam haqlahın) — don't let it be
• Belarusian: барані́ бо́жа (baraní bóža) — don't let it be
• Belarusian: не дай бо́жа (nje daj bóža) — don't let it be
• Bengali: খোদা না খাস্তা (khōda na khasta) — don't let it be
• Bulgarian: да не да́ва Го́спод (da ne dáva Góspod) — don't let it be
• Bulgarian: не дай си Бо́же (ne daj si Bóže) — don't let it be
• Czech: chraňbůh — don't let it be
• Czech: Bože chraň — don't let it be
• Danish: gud forbyde — don't let it be
• Dutch: god verhoede — don't let it be
• Finnish: Herra varjele — don't let it be
• French: à Dieu ne plaise — don't let it be
• French: Dieu nous en préserve — don't let it be
• Georgian: ღმერთმა დაიფაროს (ɣmertma daiparos) — don't let it be
• German: Gott behüte — don't let it be
• German: Gott bewahre — don't let it be
• German: da sei Gott vor — don't let it be
• Greek: ο μη γένοιτο (o mi génoito) — don't let it be
• Greek: Θεός φυλάξοι (Theós fyláxoi) — don't let it be
• Ancient Greek: μὴ γένοιτο (mḕ génoito) — don't let it be
• Hebrew: חַס וְשָׁלוֹם (khas v'shalom) — don't let it be
• Hebrew: חָלִילָה (ḥalíla) — don't let it be
• Hindi: भगवान न करे (bhagvān na kare) — don't let it be
• Hindi: ईश्वर न करे (īśvar na kare) — don't let it be
• Hindi: अल्लाह न करे (allāh na kare) — don't let it be
• Hungarian: Isten őrizz! — don't let it be
• Hungarian: Isten ments! — don't let it be
• Hungarian: nehogy — don't let it be
• Hungarian: ne adj' isten — don't let it be
• Indonesian: Tuhan melarang — don't let it be
• Italian: ci mancherebbe altro — don't let it be
• Central Kurdish: خوا نەخواستە (xwa nexwaste) — don't let it be
• Latin: dī āverterint! — don't let it be
• Latin: dī meliora! — don't let it be
• Latvian: lai Dievs dod — don't let it be
• Macedonian: не дај Боже (ne daj Bože) — don't let it be
• Macedonian: чувај Боже (čuvaj Bože) — don't let it be
• Macedonian: Бог да чува! (Bog da čuva!) — don't let it be
• Malay: Tuhan melarang — don't let it be
• Nheengatu: Tupana upisirú — don't let it be
• Nigerian Pidgin: tufiakwa — don't let it be
• Norwegian Bokmål: Gud forby — don't let it be
• Church Slavic: не даждь богъ (ne daždĭ bogŭ) — don't let it be
• Pannonian Rusyn: нє дай боже (nje daj bože) — don't let it be
• Pannonian Rusyn: захрань боже (zaxranʹ bože) — don't let it be
• Pannonian Rusyn: зохрань боже (zoxranʹ bože) — don't let it be
• Pannonian Rusyn: сохрань боже (soxranʹ bože) — don't let it be
• Iranian Persian: خُداینَکَرْدِه (xodây-nakarde) — don't let it be
• Iranian Persian: خُدا نَکُنِه (xodâ nakone) — don't let it be
• Polish: broń Boże — don't let it be
• Polish: nie daj Bóg — don't let it be
• Polish: nie daj Boże — don't let it be
• Polish: niech Pan Bóg broni — don't let it be
• Polish: Boże uchowaj — don't let it be
• Portuguese: Deus me perdoe — don't let it be
• Portuguese: Deus me livre — don't let it be
• Portuguese: Deus me livre e guarde — don't let it be
• Romanian: ferească Domnul — don't let it be
• Romanian: Doamne ferește — don't let it be
• Romanian: ferească Dumnezeu — don't let it be
• Russian: не дай бог (ne daj box) — don't let it be
• Russian: бо́же упаси́ (bóže upasí) — don't let it be
• Russian: сохрани́ го́споди (soxraní góspodi) — don't let it be
• Russian: не приведи́ госпо́дь (ne privedí gospódʹ) — don't let it be
• Serbo-Croatian: не дај Боже — don't let it be
• Serbo-Croatian: Боже сачувај! — don't let it be
• Serbo-Croatian: ne daj Bože — don't let it be
• Serbo-Croatian: Bože sačuvaj! — don't let it be
• Slovak: Bože chráň — don't let it be
• Slovak: Pánboh ochraňuj — don't let it be
• Slovak: nedaj Bože — don't let it be
• Spanish: ¡Dios no lo quiera! — don't let it be
• Spanish: ¡Que Dios lo impida! — don't let it be
• Spanish: ¡Dios nos libre! — don't let it be
• Spanish: Dios no lo quiera — don't let it be
• Spanish: Dios me libre — don't let it be
• Swedish: Gud förbjude — don't let it be
• Tausug: sipais — don't let it be
• Turkish: Allah korusun! — don't let it be
• Turkish: Allah muhafaza — don't let it be
• Turkish: Allah göstermesin — don't let it be
• Turkish: Allah saklasın — don't let it be
• Turkish: Tanrı korusun — don't let it be
• Ukrainian: боро́нь бо́же (borónʹ bóže) — don't let it be
• Ukrainian: борони́ бо́же (boroný bóže) — don't let it be
• Ukrainian: сохрани́ бо́же (soxraný bóže) — don't let it be
• Urdu: اَللّٰہ مُعاف کَرے (allāh mu'āf kare) — don't let it be
• Urdu: اَللّٰہ نَہ کَرے (allāh na kare) — don't let it be
• Urdu: خُدا نَخواسْتَہ (xudā naxvāsta) — don't let it be
• Urdu: مَعاذ اَللّٰہ (ma'āz allāh) — don't let it be
• Uzbek: Xudo saqlasin — don't let it be
• Uzbek: Xudo asrasin — don't let it be
• Uzbek: Xudo koʻrsatmasin — don't let it be
• Yiddish: חס־ושלום (khas-vesholem) — don't let it be
• Yiddish: חלילה (kholile) — don't let it be