Citations:oh my stars


 * 1620 — Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher, Philaster, Act IV, Scene IV:
 * I was so. Oh my stars! that I should live still.
 * 1705 — Susanna Centlivre, The Basset Table, Act V:
 * Oh, my Stars! that there should be such an unpolish'd Piece of Humanity, to be in that Disorder for losing his Money to us Women — I was apprehensive he would have beat me, ha, ha.
 * 1853 — Charles Dickens, Bleak House, Chapter XXVI:
 * "O Lord!" says Mr. Smallweed, panting. "Oh, dear me! Oh, my stars! My dear friend, your workman is very strong—and very prompt. O Lord, he is very prompt! Judy, draw me back a little. I'm being scorched in the legs," which indeed is testified to the noses of all present by the smell of his worsted stockings.
 * 1897 — Grant Allen, An African Millionaire, Edward Arnold (1897), pages 211-212:
 * 'Oh, I see,' he cried out, simply bursting with amusement. 'You thought Forbes-Gaskell was Colonel Clay in disguise. Oh, my stars, what a lovely one!'
 * 1908 — Joseph C. Lincoln, Cy Whittaker's Place, D. Appleton and Company (1908), page 304"
 * "Who is it?" she demanded. "Oh, is that you, Miss Dorcas? Oh, my soul and body! Oh, my stars! Oh, my goodness me!"
 * 2000 — Bryan Gilmer, "Dreamers and builders mingle", St. Petersburg Times, 12 November 2000:
 * "Oh my stars," she said, waving at the people in the seats like a movie star might to fans. "This is wonderful."
 * 2004 — Denise Hildreth, Savannah from Savannah, Thomas Nelson (2004), ISBN 9781595545596, page 29:
 * "Oh my stars! I knew you would win," she said with a little too much enthusiasm.
 * 2004 — Tracy Hobson Lehmann, "Heloise offers tips to ease clutter, chaos", San Antonio Express-News, 3 January 2004:
 * "About 10 years ago, I opened that closet and went, 'Oh, my stars. I've turned into my grandmother,'" she says.
 * 2006 — Kate Nelson, "We'll make it through the balloon fest", Albuquerque Tribune, 7 October 2006:
 * "Oh my stars," drivers who surely have seen more than one balloon in their lives will exclaim. "Look! A balloon!"
 * 2011 — Kelly Jasper, "Voice of inspiration: Mother believes autistic son's singing is a true miracle", The Augusta Chronicle, 23 December 2011:
 * "Oh my stars. Oh my stars, it’s incredible,” she said. “For 10 years, thousands of people have heard Micah’s story. There must have been more than 500 concerts.