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Meaning of heavens to Betsy | Babel Free

Interjection CEFR C1

Definitions

Good gracious; good heavens.

US, dated

Examples

“"Heavens to Betsy!" he exclaims, clapping his hand to his throat, "I've cut my head off!"”

“Then there's New Age entrepreneur Deepak Chopra, who, in bis 1989 book Quantum Healing, promises a pathway to curing cancer, reversing aging, and, heavens to Betsy, even immortality.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

heavens to Murgatroyd heck heck no heck yeah heckers hecks no