as God intended
English
Phrase
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, God, intended.
- (idiomatic, hyperbolic, usually humorous, often sarcastic) According to the way things are when one's own preferences, ideas, methods, values, etc., are applied or followed. Commonly a disguised or subconscious complaint that things are otherwise.
- Where my cousin lives, it almost always rains on Thursdays, and then they have beautiful sunny weather on the weekend, as God intended.
- 2010 February 6, Paul Krugman: The Conscience of a Liberal, "People Should Travel In Trains As God Intended", The Opinion Pages, The New York Times:
- I believe it was an English matron who declared that airplanes were an invention of the devil, that people should take trains as God intended.
Synonyms
- in the way (that) God intended, the way (that) God intended
- like God intended
See also
- in a perfect world
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