great Caesar's ghost
Meaning
Interjection
- ; good Lord.
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Origin
- Allusion to the play The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar by William Shakespeare, in which Roman emperor Julius Caesar’s ghost appears to Brutus. Used as euphemism in place of good God or similar expressions. Made popular in the 1940s and 1950s by the Superman radio program and comic books.
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