grace of God
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6.8
- noun
:
gracia de Dios
- There, but for the grace of God go I.
And by the grace of God, Oprah Winfrey's folks saw it.
- And by the grace of God, Oprah Winfrey's folks saw it.
- Long story short, we, by the grace of God, end up getting that house.
- So that notion there, but for the grace of God.
- They missed us by the grace of God.
- Like like I'm Sinner saved by the grace of God.
- And I feel like I can only do that through the grace of God and just being a servant of God.
- And I did my time, man, gave some of my time back by the grace of God.
- Mummy survived by the grace of God and bro what crime?
- He's already seen me at my worst, but I didn't give up by the grace of God.
- And through it all, by the like I say, by the grace of God, I was able to still perform at a high level.
Examples
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There but for the grace of God go you or I.
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"By the all-abiding grace of God, we have found our prince," he cried.
Fiction book (1991) -
So I was sent to jail and by the grace of God, I was released.
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And by the grace of God, her mother heard something.
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Long story short, we, by the grace of God, end up getting that house.
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And then by the grace of God, a crazy thing happened.
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May the grace of God be with you.
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As a result, many other workers think, "There but for the grace of God go I."
Academic text (2002) -
The surgery lasted 6 hours, and by the grace of God, Anna survived it.
Blog text (17) -
I was nose-to-nose with the gun, and only through the grace of God did I survive.
Synonyms
236
3.9
Kindness and forgiveness shown to someone who has not earned it
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1.8
A short prayer asking God or a higher power for help
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6.1
A special natural talent someone is lucky to have
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7.5
A sudden helpful gift when you need it most
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9.9
God gives kindness without being earned to save people
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward possessive composition: 'grace' (une earned favor or blessing) combined with 'of God' indicates the source of that favor. This semantic mapping is literal and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The phrase grace of God comes from the simple picture of God giving a gift or help from above to someone who did not earn it. So, it is used to say someone received God's free help or blessing ('unearned favor').