from your lips to God's ears

from your lips to God's ears

1. (informal) Used to express the speaker's wish that a preceding statement by another speaker were to come true.
   • 1987, Nancy Pickard, No Body, page 55:

     "Heaven help us," she said. "From your lips to God's ears," said Stan Pittman as he walked up to her desk.

   • 2009, Sholem Aleichem, Tevye the Dairyman: And, Motl the Cantor's Son, page 64:

     "From your lips to God's ears! May our enemies," I said, "have as much good health as I understand what is happening with you and what this game is about!"

• I wish