for fuck's sake

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

for fuck's sake

(idiomatic, colloquial, vulgar) An expression of anger or frustration.
Synonyms: (initialisms) ffs, FFS; see also Thesaurus:for the love of God

For fuck’s sake, mate! Stop shooting at me!

For fuck’s sake, shut Nicola up!

For fuck’s sake, who’s this tosh?

Translations

expressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance

Finnish: voi vittu sentään
French: putain (fr), putain de merde (fr), putain de bordel de merde (fr), nom de Dieu (fr), bon Dieu (fr), bon sang (fr)
German: verfickt nochmal, verfickte Scheiße
Greek: γαμώ το (gamó to), γαμώ τη (gamó ti)
Icelandic: í guðanna bænum
Italian: e che cazzo
Macedonian: да ти е́бам (da ti ébam), да те е́бам (da te ébam)
Polish: do kurwy nędzy (pl), do chuja pana (pl)
Portuguese: puta merda (pt), pelo amor de deus
Romanian: futu-i mama mă-sii
Russian: чёрт возьми (čórt vozʹmi), чёрт побери (čórt poberi), да блядь (da bljadʹ) (vulgar)
Slovak: kurvafix
Swedish: för i helvete

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