da sei Gott vor

German

Etymology

Literally, “God be in front of it”, or more loosely translated as “may He block it from happening”. The splitting of the pronominal adverb davor suggests a northern or western German origin.

Phrase

da sei Gott vor

  1. God forbid; said when mentioning a possible and undesirable future event
    Synonym: Gott bewahre
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