good grief

Idioms  

1. An exclamation expressing surprise, alarm, dismay, or some other, usually negative emotion. For example, Good grief! You're not going to start all over again, or Good grief! He's dropped the cake. The term is a euphemism for “good God.” [Early 1900s]

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Example Sentences

“Good grief, a lot of us have gray hair.”

From Washington Post

Through his solo play “Storytime: Good Grief,” Norman plans to tell some of the stories that he and his siblings have shared about their mother as they grieved and remembered her each year since she passed away in 2014.

From Seattle Times

For four years Trump so idolized autocrats that he openly held the apparatus of democracy — a free press, a working, independent judiciary and, good grief, even free and fair elections — in contempt.

From Los Angeles Times

“Good grief, the president of Poland publicly acknowledged in 2012 that, during his presidency, Abu Zubaydah was detained in Poland by the C.I.A.”

From New York Times

Good grief, what is so onerous about mask wearing, which you still must do in Johnson County businesses, that we have to divert school districts’ time, attention and money away from teaching - in a hopelessly truncated school year?

From Washington Times