God's teeth

English

Interjection

God's teeth

  1. An exclamation of surprise or amazement.
    • 1971, Irish Review, The Irish Review - Volumes 1-4, Lemma Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, page 327:
      Watty: A rebel! (He shakes his head) God's teeth, no.
      Abbey: God's teeth, ay. You're in a rebel's house. (Watty gapes in bewilderment).
    • 1973, Paul Foster, Elizabeth I & Other Plays, Calder & Boyars, →ISBN, page 15:
      GOD'S TEETH, DOGGEREL! That's all I ever hear from that mitred prince. Hellfire and chopblocks. The gibbet and brimstone. God, what a sick man he is! What do they do to amuse themselves in Rome? Smack midgets?
    • 1993, Paul Harding, The Nightingale Gallery: Being the First of the Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan, Avon Books, →ISBN, page 87:
      "God's teeth!" Cranston cried as he looked around. Vechey's corpse lay in the center of the tower near a rickety hut, formerly used by guards on sentry duty.

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