gods bless you

Short for may the gods bless you.

Meanings

phrase
  1. abbreviationShort for may the gods bless you.

    ‘Gods bless you,’ she screamed down the slate, into the night.

    2002, China Miéville, Perdido Street Station, Macmillan, page 782
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    Gods bless you dear.....*wiping the tears of sentiment away from my grizzled 34 yo eyes*......GODS BLESS YOU! *G*

    April 1999, Jeanine Gravitt (username), Re: YOUNG? He Called me "Young" in alt.religion.wicca (Usenet)

    Ps-This is all up to you, Gods bless you —you have the potential to make to happen.

    2009, Richard Walsh, True Jersey City Story: Super Proud Dad 14 Years of Motivational Letters, AuthorHouse, page 161

    […]. The whole Ojito Nation’s with you, bother of my soul and heart, gods bless you—oh, gods bless you, Jackie!”

    2009, Jeffrey A. Friedberg, Black Road 2012, INDI, page 179
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