God forbid

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God forbid

(idiomatic, subjunctive) indicating that the eventuality is both unlikely and undesirable

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Don't let it be

Arabic: لَا سَمَحَ اللّٰه (lā samaḥa llāh), لَا قَدَّرَ اللّٰه (lā qaddara llāh), مَعَاذَ اللّٰهِ (maʕāḏa llāhi)
Egyptian Arabic: لا سمح اللّٰه (la samaḥ alla), بعيد الشر (beʕd ešar)
Armenian: Աստված չանի (Astvac čʿani)
Azerbaijani: Allah göstərməsin, Allah eləməsin, iraq olsun
Bashkir: Аллам һаҡлаһын (Allam haqlahın)
Bengali: খোদা না খাস্তা (khōda na khasta)
Bulgarian: да не дава Господ (da ne dava Gospod)
Czech: chraňbůh, Bože chraň
Danish: gud forbyde
Dutch: god verhoede
Finnish: Herra varjele
French: Grands dieux, non!, à Dieu ne plaise (fr), Dieu nous en préserve
Georgian: ღმერთმა დაიფაროს (ɣmertma daiparos)
German: Gott behüte; Gott bewahre; da sei Gott vor
Greek: ο μη γένοιτο (el) (o mi génoito), Θεός φυλάξοι (el) (Theós fyláxoi)
Ancient: μὴ γένοιτο (mḕ génoito)
Hebrew: חס ושלום (he) (khas v'shalom), חָלִילָה (he) f (ḥalíla)
Hindi: भगवान न करे (bhagvān na kare), ईश्वर न करे (īśvar na kare), अल्लाह न करे (allāh na kare) (chiefly among Muslims)
Hungarian: Isten őrizz!, Isten ments!, nehogy (hu), ne adj' isten
Italian: ci mancherebbe altro
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: خوا نەخواستە (xwa nexwaste)
Latin: Dī āverterint!, Dī meliora!
Latvian: lai Dievs dod
Macedonian: не дај Боже (ne daj Bože), чувај Боже (čuvaj Bože), Бог да чува! (Bog da čuva!)
Old Church Slavonic: не даждь богъ (ne daždĭ bogŭ)
Persian: خدای‌نکرده (xodây-nakarde), خدا نکنه (xodâ nakone)
Polish: broń Boże nie daj Bóg, niech Pan Bóg broni, broń Boże
Portuguese: Deus me perdoe, Deus me livre
Romanian: ferească Domnul, Doamne ferește, ferească Dumnezeu
Russian: не дай Бог (ne daj Bog), Боже упаси (Bože upasi)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: не дај Боже, Боже сачувај!

Roman: ne daj Bože, Bože sačuvaj!
Slovak: Bože chráň, Pánboh ochraňuj, nedaj Bože
Spanish: ¡Dios no lo quiera!, ¡Que Dios lo impida!, ¡Dios nos libre!, Dios no lo quiera, Dios me libre
Swedish: Gud förbjude
Turkish: Allah korusun!
Ukrainian: боро́нь Бо́же (uk) (borónʹ Bóže), борони́ Бо́же (uk) (boroný Bóže), сохрани́ Бо́же (soxraný Bóže)
Urdu: اللہ ماف کرے (allāh māf kare), اللہ نہ کرے (allāh nah kare), خدا نخواستہ (xudā naxāsta), معاذ اللہ (ma'āz allāh)
Yiddish: חס־ושלום (khas-vesholem), חלילה (kholile)

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