perish the thought

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Don't even think of it. This expression is used as a wish that what was just mentioned will never happen. For example, He's going to give another speech? Perish the thought! This phrase appeared in Handel's oratorio Joshua (1748; text by Thomas Morell): “It never shall be said that our allies in vain implor'd our aid. Perish the thought!” Also see god forbid.

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How to use perish the thought in a sentence

France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
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In other words, the free thinker defending freedom of thought.
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Rates are thought to be similar in developed countries around the world.
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Not only had the iconic comedian sexually assaulted many, many women, Maher argued, “I never thought he was funny.”
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Other things being equal, the volume of voice used measures the value that the mind puts upon the thought.
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He was too drowsy to hold the thought more than a moment in his mind, much less to reflect upon it.
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To reproduce the impulse born of the thought—this is the aim of a psychological method.
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There was no doubt thought of his own loss in this question: yet there was, one may hope, a germ of solicitude for the mother too.
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"Better so," was the Senora's sole reply; and she fell again into still deeper, more perplexed thought about the hidden treasure.
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