What does for chrissakes mean?
What does for chrissakes mean?
(idiomatic) Used to express annoyance or frustration.
How do you spell Chrissakes?
Chrissake | Definition of Chrissake by Merriam-Webster.
Is chrissake a swear word?
1913 Olin Lyman, The Vacation of Bad Bill (Sunset: The Pacific Monthly 30:5) 532 “Now for cripes’ sake, don’t blow” he pleaded. 1921 Harold Hunter Armstrong (Henry G. Aikman), Zell 36 An’ for Chris’ sake, wipe your nose. 1923 John Dos Passos, Streets of Night 58 For cris’ sake lemme walk between yez a sec.
What is God sake?
for God’s sake. Also for goodness or heaven’s or Pete’s or pity’s sake. An exclamation showing surprise, impatience, anger, or some other emotion, depending on the context. The variants are euphemisms for God.
What does for Pete’s sake mean?
frustration
for Pete’s sake! in British English informal. an expression of frustration, exasperation or annoyance. For Pete’s sake, hurry up! See full dictionary entry for Pete.
What does for cripes sake mean?
Prepositional phrase for cripes’ sake. Euphemistic form of for Christ’s sake.
Is saying for heaven’s sake bad?
for heaven’s/Pete’s/pity’s sake An expression of surprise, emphasis, exasperation, outrage, and so forth. These all are euphemisms for “for God’s sake,” which in some circles is considered blasphemous.
Is it a sin to say for God’s sake?
The Scriptures are very clear: Thou shalt not take the name the Lord thy God in vain. It’s the third commandment (Exodus 20:7). Using the Creator’s name as profanity or without good reason is a no-no. “Just been told I can’t say ‘for god’s sake!’
What is meaning for the sake of?
If you do something for the sake of something, you do it for that purpose or in order to achieve that result. You can also say that you do it for something’s sake.
Is it OK to say for Gods sake?
Senior Member. The correct form should be “for God’s sake”, since it is a standard possessive case, i.e. “for the sake of God” (cf. “for heaven’s sake, stop complaining!” and so on).
Why do we say fit as a fiddle?
The violin was picked out as the exemplar because of the alliteration of fit and fiddle, and because the violin is a beautifully shaped instrument producing a very particular sound. But then fit came to mean ‘in good physical shape’ and so fit as a fiddle came to mean ‘in good condition physically’.
