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German
Etymology
Literally, “God in heaven”.
Interjection
Gott im Himmel
- good heavens, oh my God
1937, Agatha Christie, Death on the Nile, Harper, page 114:"Poirot replied promptly: 'J stands for Jacqueline de Bellefort, a young lady who declared to me less than a week ago that she would like nothing better than to—' he paused and then deliberately quoted, “‘to put my dear little pistol close against her head and then just press with my finger—’” 'Gott im Himmel' exclaimed Dr. Bessner."- (please add an English translation of this quotation)