Or "Good Grief", is there sucha thing as "good" grief ?
2007-10-30 02:32:07 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
OK.. What abnout Good Grief where did it originate?
2007-10-30 02:44:29 · update #1
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2007-10-30 02:44:58 · update #2
Biblical origins. Think of St Peter. Think of the omnipresent medieval church and think of hitting your thumb with a hammer. You can't swear, else the local priests will have you up before the Bishop and the Lord alone knows what the outcome of that will be, so you exclaim, in appropriate tone of voice, "For Saint Peter's sake" and carry on erecting the shelves. This phrase was amended to "For Pete's Sake" in later, less religiously oppressive, times.
: This is called a "minced oath," a substitution of a less offensive word.
2007-10-30 02:36:08 · answer #1 · answered by jurydoc 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
St Peter. I worked that out in 2 minutes when I was about 8. LOL :)
Peace
2007-10-30 09:39:47 · answer #2 · answered by funksoulfx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good grief - I'm guessing that it's a corruption of 'God grieves' or 'God's grief', said when observing something disastrous.
2007-10-30 11:57:56 · answer #3 · answered by derfini 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a euphemism for "for God's sake" or "for heaven's sake" or "for the love of God"... all the same thing. A light-weight way to swear.
2007-10-30 11:44:14 · answer #4 · answered by happy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋