God's green earth
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God's green earth
- (idiomatic) The world.
- No way on God's green earth is that going to happen.
- 1958, Isaac Asimov, Lenny
- [A] MEC model that will do nothing on God's green earth but take two steps forward, say 'Pleased to meet you, sir,' shake hands, then take two steps back...
- 1999, Dwain Campbell, Tales from the Frozen Ocean, page 8:
- Few places on God's green earth are as imbued with primordial magic as those bordering the phantasmagoric waters of Fundy.
- 2001, Carl Hiaasen, Sick puppy
- And with regard to the Toad Island bridge, junior, there's not a damn thing you or anyone else on God's green earth can do to stop it.