heavens to Betsy en · INTJ
Etymology
Of unknown origins. Speculated to be a euphemism for hell's bells, but there is not sufficient evidence to support this. Attested from 1857.
Meanings
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(US, dated) Good gracious; good heavens.
"Heavens to Betsy!" he exclaims, clapping his hand to his throat, "I've cut my head off!"
1857 May 1, Frederick W. Saunders, “The Serenade: A Tale of Revenge”, in Ballou's Dollar Monthly Magazine, volume v, number 5, Boston, MA, page 419:Then there's New Age entrepreneur Deepak Chopra, who, in bis 1989 book Quantum Healing, promises a pathway to curing cancer, reversing aging, and, heavens to Betsy, even immortality.
2023, Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, New York: Penguin, →ISBN: