land sakes
Well, I never!
Land sakes is a mild exclamation of surprise or emphasis, a euphemism for "Lord's sake" that avoids invoking the divine: Land sakes, I haven't seen you in years!
The expression sounds rural and old-fashioned, associated with grandmotherly speech.
Also appears as land sakes alive for extra emphasis.
Tame exclamation of surprise
- gollyGentle exclamation of surprise
- geeMild exclamation of surprise
- darnRepair by weaving
- heckMild frustrated exclamation
goodness gracious · for crying out loud · tarnation · jeepers · jiminy · my goodness
Moral excellence
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
- graciousPleasantly kind and courteous
- my wordMild interjection of surprise
- heavensCelestial expanse overhead
lordy · well I never · my stars · good grief · dear me · oh my · bless my soul · good heavens
Attractively unfamiliar, outdated
- vintageQuality from past eras
- folksyInformally friendly and simple
- old-timeyCharmingly outdated in style
- ruralOf the countryside
homespun · antique · bygone · nostalgic · grandmotherly · provincial · countrified · down-home
gosh
Tame exclamation of surprise
heck · goodness gracious · for crying out loud · tarnation · jeepers · jiminy · my goodness
goodness
Moral excellence
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
- graciousPleasantly kind and courteous
- my wordMild interjection of surprise
heavens · lordy · well I never · my stars · good grief · dear me · oh my · bless my soul · good heavens · I declare
quaint
Attractively unfamiliar, outdated
- vintageQuality from past eras
- folksyInformally friendly and simple
- old-timeyCharmingly outdated in style
rural · homespun · antique · bygone · nostalgic · grandmotherly · provincial · countrified · down-home · traditional
- exclamationsoh, yes, no, wow, hey
- Old-timey exclamationsgolly, gee whiz, jeepers, gadzooks, fiddlesticks
- minced oathsdarn, heck, gosh, shoot, dang
- old exclamationszounds, gadzooks, egad, egads, forsooth
- Victorian Exclamationsby Jove, good heavens, good gracious, goodness gracious, bless my soul
- folk sayingsproverb, adage, maxim, folk saying, old saying
land sakesgoddamn
Profane intensifier expressing frustration
Jesus Christ · damn it · for God's sake · holy shit · what the hell
land sakesholy shit
Profane expression of shock
WTF · oh my God · what the fuck · no way · are you kidding me