Business Spotlight SCHIMPFEN IM BERUF^11Showing surprise and/or frustration
Holy shit!
Bloody hell! (UK)
For Christ’s sake!
For God’s sake!
Oh my God, Jesus!
What the hell!
Damn! / Damn it!
For heaven’s sake!
Darn it! (instead of “damn”)
Heck! (instead of “hell”)
OMG! (instead of “oh my God”)
Oh my gosh! (instead of “God”)Did you know?
Hell is a bad place, so they say, whereas heaven is paradise. Work
probably feels more like hell than heaven, but it may be best not
to say that. Some people find expressions that contain religious
references very offensive. This is especially true in the US, and of
expressions that include “God”, “Jesus” or “Christ”, or, in fact, any
combination of religious characters — such as this one that you
might hear in Ireland: “Jesus, Mary and Joseph!”Expressing agreement
Hell, yeah!
Expressing disagreement
Like hell we will!
Showing confusion
What the hell happened?
Common expression
There’ll be hell to pay!Illustrationen: Bernhard Förth