Ye gods!

Ye gods!

euphemism, old-fashioned An exclamation of shock, astonishment, or incredulity. A minced oath used as a stand-in for the more blasphemous "Oh my God!" O, ye gods! This is altogether too much for one man to bear alone! A: "Inspector, look—a picture of the culprit!" B: "Ye gods—it's Councilor Williams. He was under our noses the whole time!"
See also: ye
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Ye gods (and little fishes)!

Inf. What a surprising thing! Ye gods and little fishes! Someone covered my car with broken eggs! Ye gods! What a rainstorm!
See also: ye
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

Ye gods!

exclam. Good grief! Ye gods! What is this stuff here?
See also: ye
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • Ye gods and little fishes!
  • You couldn't!
  • You wouldn't!
  • well, dog my cats
  • (well,) dog my cats
  • (oh) me, oh my
  • (well,) bust my buttons
  • Well, bust my buttons!
  • (well,) shut my mouth
  • Well, shut my mouth!
References in classic literature
Would he not far rather lay him down lengthwise along the line of the equator; yea, ye gods! go down to the fiery pit itself, in order to keep out this frost?
By now my affa cool, flappy troosers had become heavy sponges, gravity tugging them and (ye Gods!) my knickers doonwards.
Ye gods! Talk about thick, ignorant and two-faced" ''Oh, we didn't really mean it''.
Ye gods! These silly girls don't have to do much for the privilege of their charmed lives, but the very least they could do is use what little sense they have and keep their mouths shut.
Ye Gods! The barbarians were no longer at the door.
While Pat Owen simply said: "Ye gods! Will the last person leaving Colwyn Bay please turn off the lights!" There was, however, a stark warning from people living in other parts of North Wales.
Ye gods! It's no better before the Festival - 20 points if you said that.
The sequel seven years later was even worse - ye Gods!
MARTIN CARR Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff Tel: 029 2023 0429 THE former Boo Radleys and bravecaptain man has returned to making wistfully lush pop on his upcoming album, Ye Gods! Tickets: pounds 5-pounds 6.
Ye gods! A New Labour politician who not only admits making a mistake, but says she is sorry for having done it!
Ye Gods! We're talking about a horse that hasn't run for a year.
1 ("On the Contempt of Death"), section 41: "By dying I shall go from hence into some other place; wherefore, if all sense is utterly extinguished, and if death is like that sleep which sometimes is so undisturbed as to be even without the vision of dreams -- in that case, O ye Gods! What gain it is to die" (327).
Ye gods! Godzone sits on a mountain of muck, most of which is being spread around the district at this moment.
Ye gods! In one of his online 'cocktail chats', Lee tells director Webb that the reason why so many superheroes have no parents is that you can get on with developing their own character.
Ye Gods!! Is this what British justice has come to?