Merciful hour!

exp.

Heard in Tipperary and Limerick

An exclamation employed in a variety of contexts to express surprise, dismay or exasperation, akin to "oh my god".

In use

Oh merciful hour well ya look at the state of it!

Posh English

Good heavens, just observe the lamentable state of that object.

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