Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Grüß Gott von mir
English translation:
Send God my regards
German term
Grüß Gott von mir
| 3 +7 | Meet your maker / Send God my regards |
Tabitha Ashura
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| 3 | Austrian greetings and God bye from me |
Adrian MM.
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Proposed translations
United States
Meet your maker / Send God my regards
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Ramey Rieger (X)
: (Get ready to) Meet your maker!
15 mins
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| agree |
Susan Welsh
: I think it is sarcastic (@Björn)
1 hr
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| agree |
Stephen Sadie
: with Ramey
2 hrs
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| agree |
AllegroTrans
: Send God my regards
2 hrs
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| agree |
oa_xxx (X)
2 hrs
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| agree |
Michele Fauble
4 hrs
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| agree |
writeaway
11 hrs
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Austria
Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: Scottish, British) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 6 more.
Austrian greetings and God bye from me
and Arnie S. if this had not been the 18th Century.
No need to disagree on the point of no Austrian language, as the ending is both the pronunciation and the finale.
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Note added at 6 hrs (2019-09-12 18:46:58 GMT)
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PS my original suggestion was going to be: God bye from me (in a shot and) with an Austrian ending...
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AllegroTrans
: Too corny and asker hasn't said where this is from (it might be a German wild west movie for all we know)
17 hrs
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God bye is not corny but an original twist. Moreover, it's a single turn of phrase for a double entendre, plus many North Germans/ Prussians object to the Bavarian-cum-Austrian greeting of Grüß Gott! 'Ich überlasse dem lieben Gott den Gruß!'
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Discussion
In any case, 18th century + bad guy is too little context for me. For example, I'd like to know what kind of villain this is. Also, I think he probably said what he did because he knows he won't go to heaven.
One of Biggie Smalls' songs included the line: "Get ready to die, tell God I said hi." That's too recent, though it's closer to what I'd like to see up there.
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"It was nice knowing you" comes to mind. Or "nothing personal."
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