Meanings
on God's green earth1
alternative on God's green Earth
- Expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative word.
What was state of the art in 1912 has mostly fallen by the wayside. […] So why, oh why, on God’s green Earth are we still measuring chile pepper heat on the Scoville scale?
2022 August 31, Tamar Haspel, “Sorry, Scoville. Peppers deserve better than an archaic heat scale.”, in The Washington PostSynonyms: on earth
on God's green Earth2
- alternativeAlternative form of on God's green earth.
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseExpletive used for emphasis after an interrogative word.
Origin
Cite this entry
on God's green earth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20God's%20green%20earth
“on God's green earth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20God's%20green%20earth. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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