| Formes composées |
| Anglais | Français |
for goodness sake,
for goodness' sake interj | (frustration) | bon sang ! interj |
| Stop being mean to your sister, for goodness sake. For goodness' sake, don't do that! |
| (un peu vieilli) | pour l'amour de Dieu interj |
Good gracious!,
Goodness gracious! interj | (used when you're surprised) | bon dieu interj |
| grâce interj |
| goodness me! interj | (surprise) (vieilli) | Seigneur ! interj |
| Goodness me, you've grown a lot since I last saw you! |
| goodness of fit n | (statistics: degree of match) (statistiques) | qualité de l'ajustement nf |
Honest to God!,
Honest to goodness! interj | informal (really, truthfully) | sérieusement expr |
| je le jure devant Dieu expr |
| honest-to-goodness adj | informal (straightforward, plain) | authentique adj |
| my goodness interj | (astonishment) | Ça alors ! interj |
| mon Dieu ! interj |
| (vieilli) | Bonté divine !, Dieu du ciel ! interj |
| (familier, vieilli) | bigre, mazette interj |
| My goodness! What a lot of food you have prepared! |
| Mon Dieu ! Tu as préparé beaucoup de plats ! |
| Oh my goodness! interj | (astonishment) | Ça alors ! interj |
| mon Dieu ! interj |
| (vieilli) | Bonté divine !, Dieu du ciel ! interj |
| (familier, vieilli) | bigre, mazette interj |
| Oh my goodness! There's a huge spider in the bathroom! |
| Dieu du ciel ! Il y a une araignée dans la salle de bains ! |
| thank goodness! interj | (relief) | Dieu merci, Dieu soit loué expr |
| The missing puppy has been found, thank goodness! |
