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Traditional English :: goddess
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goddess.html - n.
1 a female deity.
2 a woman who is adored, esp. for her beauty. |
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Traditional English :: goddess
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goddess.html - n.
1 a female deity.
2 a woman who is adored, esp. for her beauty. |
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Traditional English :: goddess
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goddess.html - n.
1 a female deity.
2 a woman who is adored, esp. for her beauty. |
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English Idioms :: God
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goddess.html - See: IN THE LAP OP THE GODS also ON THE KNEES OP THE GODS, MY GOD or MY GOODNESS, WOULD THAT or WOULD GOD. |
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English Idioms :: God forbid
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goddess.html - {interj.} May God prevent (something from happening); I hope that will not happen or is not true. * /Someone told the worried mother that her son might have drowned. She said, "God forbid!"/ * /God forbid that the dam break and flood the valley!/ Compare: PERISH THE THOUGHT. |
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English Idioms :: God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb
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goddess.html - {literary} A person who is already helpless will not have more trouble; you will not have more trouble than you can bear. * /After Mr. Smith lost his job, the Smith's house caught fire, but the fire was put out before much harm was done. Mr. Smith said, "God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb."/ Contrast: IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS. |
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