give me strength
English
Etymology
Ellipsis of God give me strength, a subjunctive expression.
Interjection
- (colloquial, chiefly UK) Exclamation of long-suffering dismay or disgust.
Synonyms
References
- Colin McIntosh, editor (2013), “give me strength!, idiom”, in Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 4th edition, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, reproduced in the Cambridge English Dictionary website, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- “(God) give me strength” under “strength, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.