Phrase guide
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intj
Expressing pity, commiseration, or benediction (in a literally or figuratively religious way).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: second or third person
Synonyms: heaven help someone, God love someone
Antonyms: none provided
intj
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.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: second or third person
Synonyms: heaven help someone
Antonyms: none provided
intj
An expression of astonishment, dismay, bemusement, or a jocular hint of any of those.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: first-person
Synonyms: heaven help someone, lawdamercy, Jesus Christ, Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Lord love a duck
Antonyms: none provided
History
Compare Old English God helpe sumes mannes.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
