oh my God

Interjection

 * 1)  An expression of anger, frustration, excitement, shock, awe, dismay, etc.
 * 2) * 2007 September 28, Graham Linehan, , Season 2, Episode 6:
 * Jen: Douglas has asked me to be his PA. Moss: Oh. My. God! Well, that is something and a half. His PA? How... Whoa! His PA... Shut up! His PA! Jen: It means "personal assistant". Moss: Thank you. Right, OK.
 * 1) * 2007 September 28, Graham Linehan, , Season 2, Episode 6:
 * Jen: Douglas has asked me to be his PA. Moss: Oh. My. God! Well, that is something and a half. His PA? How... Whoa! His PA... Shut up! His PA! Jen: It means "personal assistant". Moss: Thank you. Right, OK.

Usage notes
In different contexts the offensiveness of this phrase can vary from blasphemous to mild, with a greater degree of variety than comparable phrases due to its invocation of deity. Common euphemisms are, , and.

Likely to be offensive to devout Muslims, Christians, and Jews due to invoking God's name in a secular way.

Synonyms

 * Thesaurus:wow
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Translations

 * Afrikaans: liewe hemel, goeie genade
 * Arabic: يَا إِلٰهِي, يَا سَلَام
 * Hijazi Arabic: يا الله, يا سلام, يا ويلي
 * Armenian: Աստվա՛ծ իմ
 * Basque: Jainko maitea
 * Belarusian: бо́жа мой
 * Catalan: Déu meu
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: ó můj bože
 * Danish: åh min gud, tak for kaffe, det er løgn
 * Dutch: oh, mijn God, lieve hemel,
 * Esperanto: Dio mia
 * Estonian: issand
 * Finnish:, , luojan tähden, herranjumala, voi hyvä luoja
 * French:, ,
 * Galician: meu Deus
 * Georgian: ღმერთო ჩემო
 * German: (o) mein Gott
 * Greek:
 * Gujarati: હે ભગવાન, હે પ્રભુ, હે ઠાકોરજી, હે નાથ, હે ઈશ્વર, હે પરમાત્મા, હે ખુદા, યા અલ્લાહ, યા ખુદા, યા રબ
 * Hebrew: אוי אלוהים, אֱלֹהִים אַדִּירִים
 * Hindi: हे भगवान
 * Hungarian: (jaj/ó,) Istenem/istenem, te jó ég, te jóságos ég, atyaég, jesszusom
 * Icelandic: Guð minn góður
 * Indonesian:, ya tuhan
 * Irish: a Thiarna, a thiarcais
 * Italian: Dio mio, mio Dio, oh mio Dio, oddio
 * Japanese: 南無三宝, 南無三, おやまあ, あれまあ, ああ神様, おーまいがー
 * Jingpho: Wa, Karai Kasang!
 * Kazakh: құдайым-ай
 * Korean: 오마이갓,, ,
 * Lao:
 * Latin: Deus meus, heu parum pudici
 * Limburgish: noondezju!
 * Lithuanian: o, Dieve!, Dieve mano!
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: mien Gott
 * Macedonian: о Боже, о боже, о Господе, о господе
 * Malay: ya Tuhanku, ya Allah, astaghfirullah, ,
 * Maltese: Alla miegħi, Il-Alla
 * Marathi: हे देवा, अरे देवा
 * Navajo: yáadilá óolyé
 * Norwegian: Herregud, herre gud
 * Persian: وای خدای من, ای خدا
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Punjabi: ربّا, ਰੱਬਾ
 * Romanian: (o) Dumnezeuleǃ, (o) Doamneǃ
 * Russian:, , о бо́же, Гспде
 * Scottish Gaelic: a Dhia, a Thighearna, o mo Dhia
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: о мој Боже, Господе Боже
 * Roman: o moj Bože, Gospode Bože
 * Slovene: o moj Bog
 * Spanish: Dios mío, oh, Dios mío, ay Dios mío, madre mía
 * Swedish: herre gud, å, herre gud,, Herre Gud
 * Tagalog: ay, Diyos ko
 * Thai: โอ้พระเจ้า,, คุณพระ, คุณพระช่วย, พระเจ้าช่วย, พระเจ้าช่วยกล้วยทอด
 * Turkish: aman tanrım, aman Allahım, aman yarabbi
 * Ukrainian: о бо́же мій,, о бо́же
 * Urdu: ہائے اللہ, یا اللہ, او خدایا, اے میرے خدا
 * Uzbek:
 * Cyrillic: вой худойим-эй
 * Latin: voy xudoyim-ey
 * Vietnamese:, trời đất ơi, , ôi chúa ơi
 * Yucatec Maya: ki’ichkelem yuum