God help someone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

intj
  1. Expressing pity, commiseration, or benediction (in a literally or figuratively religious way).
  2. 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.)
  3. An expression of astonishment, dismay, bemusement, or a jocular hint of any of those.

Word forms

God help someone

Etymology

Compare Old English God helpe sumes mannes.

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