Meaning of heaven knows | Babel Free

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Phrase. [B2]

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Examples

“Be content with the knowledge that, ere the voyage had ended, both she and I were desperately and unreasoningly in love with one another. Heaven knows that I can make the admission now without one particle of vanity.”

“In olden days, a glimpse of stockings / Was looked on as something shocking; / Now, heaven knows, / Anything goes.”

“And heaven knows I really miss him more / Than anyone I really loved before / And I know, I'm so lost without his heart”

“I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour / But heaven knows I'm miserable now / I was looking for a job and then I found a job / And heaven knows I'm miserable now”

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