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Meanings of good heavens in English

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Usage of good heavens in English
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He's talking to a bald-headed old- good heavens, it's my Greek doctor, Romanelli!
The Anubis Gates
2
Oh, good heavens, married people lie to each other all the time.
My darling caroline
3
But good heavens!-Lettyhardly understood what the speaker's evident compunction was about.
Sir George Tressady — Volume II
4
But, if this is HER side, good heavens, what must HIS be!
The Rosary
5
When there is not a line of writing left, ah, good heavens!
Doctor Pascal
6
And good heavens, NO! Ssserek jerked his head backways just as Buttons leaped.
The adventures of button
7
I know that we cannot do without them; but good heavens!
Stories by English Authors: Germany (Selected by Scribners)
8
And at what a moment does it assure them of this, good heavens!
Celtic Literature
9
Then the young man could see his colleague, and, good heavens!
Monsieur Lecoq, v. 1
10
If she had known, good heavens, if she had only known!
Deadham Hard: A Romance
11
But in poetry, good heavens, how we've been overwhelmed with Woman, always Woman!
The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Volume 2
12
But, good heavens, one can't have stepmothers in one's own house!
Plays: the Father; Countess Julie; the Outlaw; the Stronger
13
Why, good heavens, Courtney, she wasn't much more'n a little girl!
Quill's Window
14
Well, good heavens, the means were easy enough to guess!
Camille
15
An unhappy woman- Isawthat plainly enough; but good heavens, what could I do?
Look Back on Happiness
16
The first one-no-northesecond-but the third-thebottom one-good heavens!
The Bat
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Good heavens through the time
Good heavens across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common