for Chrissake

for Chrissake

An exclamation of shock, annoyance, frustration, or anger (an informal pronunciation of "for Christ's sake"). Would you let me finish my story, for Chrissake? For Chrissake, I just had the car fixed and now you've put a dent in it!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • almighty
  • ach du lieber
  • ah
  • manual
References in periodicals archive
It's still your mother's house because she bought the bed, sheets, spoons, stove and curtains and mattress (for chrissake!) and the door's welcome mat, table cloths, fridge and television and paid the first month's rent.
MANTALK: Perils of raising a 'mama's boy'
So the kindly thing to do is let her quietly serve out her remaining time (it can't be much longer for Chrissake) before we guillotine the institution and avoid the grisly fate of the reign of Charles Windsor.
Stop the Reign ana Down with the Crown
I'd never even considered how it would feel for somebody with eight more years to see a guy leave after eight piddlyass months, and then have that guy--a little white politician, for chrissake!--embarrass him in front of the whole prison as the runt waltzes out the door."
Shall we be released? The mass folly of mass incarceration and the road back to sane prison policy
"Can you, for Chrissake?" He was sure he remembered Hudson playing halfback in practice, but the other shook his head.
September
"For chrissake," I declared, "if it isn't Jimmy Fowler." I walked over and extended my hand.
Burying Father Gorman
"People like Bill Moyers, for Chrissake, were saying the morals have left the city," she says.
Reporting from America's silent spaces: Sandy Close, recipient of the 2012 I.F. Stone Medal, has made a career out of helping ethnic communities and the dispossessed tell their own stories
"He's a decathlete, for Chrissake. His technique is horrible."
Grip
I mean, they locked him up on Riker's Island without bail, for Chrissake. What does that tell you?
Dominique Strauss-Kahn Was Trying to Torpedo the Dollar
And I kept telling Mickey, For chrissake man, you're going to reelect a guy who's clearly a monster and an idiot.
A neoliberal education: David Brooks thinks neoliberalism is dead. Charles Peters begs to differ
"But I have a law degree, for chrissake, and I know how to take my pills.
Anticipating the once-a-day pill: a new daily anti-HIV pill is likely to become available later this year. Some patients can't wait, some are happy to stick with what they've got, and many won't have an option
All the girls were locked in their rooms, and he was an officer, for chrissake. Didn't she want some?
Rethinking prison sex: self-expression and safety
Quick as a flash, the guy behind the counter snapped: "Come on for Chrissake. Can't you see I'm busy here?" I was stunned, but thrilled at his raw aggression.
Anna Smith: Beastly is beautiful
And get some leather wrist bands or a studded belt, for chrissake." He doesn't even notice that I've gone.
Skate club
ANDREAS: I'm not the Un-American Committee, for Chrissake! Who told you?
An excerpt from Jolson sings again
We're a country founded by Puritans, for chrissake."
The changing face of the California wine industry