Could "goodness gracious" be loosened up a little? "Good God" "Good Heavens" "Goodness!" "Good Lord" etc. are all the same concept and variations of the same thing. Gave up after trying several
I guess you don't know the Jerry Lee Lewis song references in the hint, then? The key line goes "Goodness gracious, great balls of fire!" So that's why it's so specific.
The South African cape confused me. Maybe if you reworded it to indicate the Cape (water) instead of a cape (superhero type cape) it would make more sense? I don't know if it's just me, but I would have gotten it if I had understood it better.
Cape and south african seems enough indication to me. It is not like it simply says cape (and evenso, on this site my first thought would still have been the geological feature). Is there a famous capewearing south-african superhero we aren't aware of? Cause in that case you might gave a point
I typed good ridden, couldnt understand why it was wrong. Then tried goodbye out of desperation haha. Thought, huh but this must be it, there isnt another saying that is similar right...?
I think my english thinking part of my brain wasn't switched in that that, or perhaps all of it was running at half capacity haha, those days happen. Sometimes you come across quizzes and think huh, did I really not know that 6 months ago?? (Like you scored 10/20 previously and this time 18/20 without hesitations)