Lord knows Idiom, Proverb

far as anyone knows

Idiom(s): (as) far as anyone knows AND so far as anyone knows

Theme: KNOWLEDGE

to the limits of anyone's knowledge. (Informal. The anyone can be replaced with a more specific noun or pronoun.)
• As far as anyone knows, this is the last of the great herds of buffalo.
• Far as I know, this is the best one.
• These are the only keys to the house so far as anyone knows.

so far as anyone knows

He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.

Knowledge leads us to make choices.

He that travels far knows much

People who travel widely have a wide knowledge.

Heaven knows

If you ask someone a question and they say this, they have no idea.

for all one knows|for|know|knows

adv. phr. According to the information one has; probably. For all we know, Ron and Beth might have eloped and been married in a French chateau.

heaven knows|God|God knows|goodness|goodness knows

informal 1. Maybe God knows but I don't know and no one else knows.

Often used with "only". Do you know where Susan is? God only knows! 2. Surely; certainly. Goodness knows, the poor man needs the money. Heaven only knows, I have tried hard enough.

God knows

God knows
Also, goodness knows; heaven knows.
1) Truly, certainly, definitely, as in God knows I need a winter coat. This expression, which originated about 1300 as God wot, does not necessarily imply that God is all-knowing but merely emphasizes the truth of the statement it accompanies. The variants using goodness and heaven are euphemisms that avoid taking God's name in vain. [Second half of 1500s]
2) Also, God only knows. Only God knows, that is, neither I nor anyone else knows, as in God knows where I've stored those photos, or God only knows how many people will join the march. [Second half of 1500s]

goodness knows

goodness knows
see God knows.

who knows what

who knows what
see under what have you.

Lord knows

1. No one knows (except for God). Lord knows how continued it will booty for my appliance to be processed. A: "How do you anticipate you did on your exam?" B: "Lord knows!"2. It is actually true, certain, or audible that; it is accessible or bright that. Lord knows I charge to do able-bodied on this analysis or I can kiss my scholarship goodbye!Learn more: know, lord

Lord knows (that) I've tried

It is the complete accuracy that I acquire approved my best (to do something). A: "You and Jeff aloof charge to absorb some time calm and bond." B: "Lord knows I've tried. That boy aloof isn't absorbed in accomplishing annihilation added than arena those accursed video games." A: "You charge to argue her to acquire the deal." B: "Lord knows that I've tried, but she is adamantly refusing." A: "Then try harder!"Learn more: know, lord, tried

ˈLord (ˈonly) knows (what, where, why, etc.)...

(spoken) acclimated to say that you do not apperceive the acknowledgment to something: She comes and goes as she pleases. Lord knows back we’ll see her again. ♢ ‘Why did she say that?’ ‘Lord knows!’(Some bodies may acquisition this use offensive.)Learn more: lord

Lord (only) knows, the

Who knows? I absolutely don’t. The declamation that alone God knows the acknowledgment to article dates from the eighteenth aeon or earlier. (It is additionally put as God knows and Heaven knows.) Defoe wrote (The True-Born Englishman, 1701), “Great families of bygone we show, and lords, whose parents were the Lord knows who,” and a few decades after Swift wrote (Polite Conversation, 1738), “Lord of the Lord knows what.”Learn more: lord

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