Meanings of perish the thought in English

To leave royal service would be treason, yet she could not perish the thought.

They might possibly have small brown flecks or even, perish the thought, sticky bits.

Not simply that we're a greedy bunch, perish the thought.

Well indeed, perish the thought that listening, to music should ever be an enjoyable, undemanding experience.

Should you be drinking - perish the thought - as well as gambling, it holds double.

But for what seems like an eternity now... perish the thought... Hank's followed Doc wherever he traveled.

May their shadow never grow less ( perish the thought!

Kim: Now, I'm not saying - perish the thought, that all your music sounds alike but there's a Finn imprint.

Oh, perish the thought.

Nor does he allow jivey chatter such as that in ( perish the thought) Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs.

If at all possible, talk to candidates you find yourself rather than ones they suggest, who may, perish the thought, have been primed.

In a more paranoid working environment I might just be under suspicion of having disappeared him myself: perish the thought and pass the ammunition.

The past year has been good for them in terms of recognition, not via radio play ( perish the thought) but through live performances.

I'm not saying the Hitchcock classic is an unworthy enterprise ( perish the thought), but I'm not sure it really counts as a horror movie.

Especially if you're a pilot -or ( perish the thought) if you say you're a pilot, and can look convincing enough in a peaked cap.

I wriggled, to shimmy my hem down, but his expression perished the thought.