sweet mother of Moses

sweet mother of Moses

1. (rare) Euphemistic form of sweet mother of Jesus. [20th c.]
   • 1947, Marjorie Holmes, Ten O’clock Scholar‎^[1], J.B. Lippincott Company, page 15:

     Sweet mother of Moses! she thought, viciously whacking apart Lorna Peterson’s latest bunch of proofs.

   • 1999, Winthrop E. Johnson, Courting Votes in Alabama: When Lawyers Take Over a State’s Politics‎^[2], Prescott Press, →ISBN, page 176:

     Sweet mother of Moses. Where does Mr. Hornsby get such crust? His own campaign practices have raised reasonable doubts about whether law outranks politics in the Alabama Supreme Court.

   • 2015 April 28, Elle Kennedy, The Mistake‎^[3], →ISBN, page 98:

     Sweet mother of Moses. Now we’re gossiping about Piper? Are there any mature adults at this motherfucking university?

   • 2021 August 12, Bill Fitzhugh, A Perfect Harvest‎^[4], Prelude Books, →ISBN, page 71:

     “Sweet mother of Moses, inspiration has struck! I have a song! A new song for the play.”