| Idiom | Heavens to Betsy |
|---|---|
| Example | A 100-year-old woman just flew a plane by herself from New York to California. Heavens to Betsy! |
| Meaning | an expression of astonishment, amazement, and disbelief |
| Origin | This expression is a real mystery. We know what it means, and we think it originated in the United States in the late 1890s. But nobody today is 100 percent certain where it came from. Why "heavens"? Who was "Betsy"? Even the word expert who titled his book of curious sayings Heavens to Betsy! couldn't name the source. |
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