Usage of "hope to goodness"

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Usage of hope to goodness in English

I hope to goodness you will be able to carry it out.' 
 The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 

But I hope to goodness he doesn't go and do anything rash. 
 The Making of a Soul 

I only hope to goodness we don't have any more storms. 
 The new yorker 

I hope to goodness you gave the captain my message, child. 
 The Honorable Miss: A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town 

I hope to goodness they are going to give us some. 
 Jack Archer: A Tale of the Crimea 

I hope to goodness my tribulations with hired girls is over at last. 
 Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 

I hope to goodness she's not going to school with me. 
 The Jolliest School of All 

I hope to goodness we can rule that piece of information out as irrelevant. 
 Report for Murder 

I hope to goodness there is something in the house. 
 Winding Paths 

I hope to goodness I don't flunk in the exams. 
 Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College 

I hope to goodness none of them comes out here. 
 The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea; Or, The Loss of The Lonesome ... 

I hope to goodness there won't be any drenching shower. 
 Under Two Flags 

I hope to goodness she isn't going to attack us. 
 The Mysterious Shin Shira 

But I hope to goodness that fanatic woman won't insist on our buying guns. 
 Gossamer 

I hope to goodness your man won't be long, Brightman. 
 The Box with Broken Seals 

He was bruised, but he was breathing, and I hope to goodness he sobers up. 
 I shall wear midnight 

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Meanings of hope to goodness in English