..that’s
in the hands of The Man Above .. referring to anticipated weather for a great
event, sporting occasion or the likes. Not
to be uttered in the presence of a priest!!
Others:
….
If
God spares me, I’ll be seventy next April.
[considered
unlucky to express anticipated age without the qualifying clause]
I
am as God made me [response either to praise or blame].
As
God made them, He matched them. [referring to a perceived wedded
‘mismatch’].
And
the corollary ….
God
made them but the devil matched them! [they’re now divorced/separated].
God
mend it. [hope expressed concerning the weather .. or more serious matters]
'We’ll
never see the face of God!'
[light-hearted
(if sacrilegious) comment re. some wrongdoing!]
God
never closed one door but he opened another [another chance will come].
DEATHS: God be good to him. [may he get to heaven].
May
heaven be his bed.
Lord
have mercy on him.
‘God
made man, man made sin
And
God made the hole
To
shove the devil in!’
God
spare you your health and give you long days.
God’s
good, but the divil’s not bad either! [things are going right!].
God’s
Horse: a term given to a particularly
large, hairy, dark caterpillar that was common in days gone by, and was avoided
as it brought ‘bad luck’.