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What does "so help me God" mean?
Penny: Nevertheless we are….
Sheldon: In addition I really don't think that Leonard wants a…
Penny: Okay, here's the deal, you either help me throw Leonard a birthday party or, so help me God, I will go into your bedroom and I will unbag all of your most valuable mint condition comic books. And on one of them, you won't know which, I'll draw a tiny happy face in ink.
What does "so help me God" mean?
Penny: Nevertheless we are….
Sheldon: In addition I really don't think that Leonard wants a…
Penny: Okay, here's the deal, you either help me throw Leonard a birthday party or, so help me God, I will go into your bedroom and I will unbag all of your most valuable mint condition comic books. And on one of them, you won't know which, I'll draw a tiny happy face in ink.
Penny: Nevertheless we are….
Sheldon: In addition I really don't think that Leonard wants a…
Penny: Okay, here's the deal, you either help me throw Leonard a birthday party or, so help me God, I will go into your bedroom and I will unbag all of your most valuable mint condition comic books. And on one of them, you won't know which, I'll draw a tiny happy face in ink.
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- English (US)
It is an expression people use to imply how serious they are. It means what they are saying will happen, that they have a divine force on their side.
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- English (US)
It is an expression people use to imply how serious they are. It means what they are saying will happen, that they have a divine force on their side.
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- English (US)
Actually, I think "so help me god" means that you're going to act out of anger and spite, you're going to sin, unless God intervenes. Which means your will to do something spiteful is really strong. So, it still means they're serious. I just think zook misinterpreted the idiom slightly
- English (US)
Something about public office says wiki... Too lazy for further research but, the more you know I guess.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_help_me_God
- Japanese
I guess that the expression originally just meant something zook says and still be used in that meaning in official situations, though, in ordinary conversations, being used as lizard says.
- English (US)
G_fuxi, no matter which explanation you use, "so help me god" gets used in the same situations. We're just debating about why it means what it means.
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