honest to God

Idioms  

1. Also,; honest Injun. Truly, really, as in Honest to God, I didn't know it was yours, or Honest to goodness, we had exactly the same experience, or I promise I'll finish in time, honest to Pete, or Honest Injun, I didn't take your wallet. These colloquial assertions date from about 1900, except for honest Injun, dating from the late 1800s and today considered offensive.

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Example Sentences

“Suppose the Marine says, ‘I honest to God thought I had no choice but to save someone,’ the question would be whether an objectively reasonable person in his circumstances would have felt the same,” Bederow said.

From Washington Times

“It’s hard to know if you’re successful. It’s hard to know if you’ve accomplished something. But honest to God, I always felt, ‘If I was a director and one day, I have Viola Davis in my movie, that would really be something.

From Los Angeles Times

“I got ribs from Chicago,” he recalled, “and I had a chef with a hat. Honest to God. Really.”

From Washington Post

Honest to God, it felt like we were doing something illegal!

From New York Times

And honest to God, Dan, I can’t think of a single thing.

From Slate