heaven

heav|en [ `hevn ] noun **

1. ) Heaven the place where God is believed to live. Some people believe that good people go to Heaven when they die, and bad people go to Hell:

Christians believe that Jesus ascended into Heaven.

a ) LITERARY God, or God's power:

I pray to Heaven it may be so.

2. ) the heavens plural LITERARY the sky:

The heavens shook with thunder.

a ) the place where God or the gods are believed to live

for heaven's sake/sakes MAINLY SPOKEN

used for emphasizing that you are annoyed or impatient with someone:

Oh, for heaven's sake! Anyone would think this was difficult!

God/Lord in heaven SPOKEN

1. ) used for showing that you are extremely annoyed

2. ) LITERARY used for emphasizing that you want something very much:

Lord in Heaven, let it snow tonight!

heaven help us or heaven forbid SPOKEN

used for saying that you hope something will not happen:

Heaven help us if there's a fire.

heaven help us/them/the person who etc. SPOKEN

used for saying that if something happens, the result will be very bad for the person mentioned:

Heaven help anyone who tries to stop them.

heaven (only/alone) knows SPOKEN

1. ) used for emphasizing what you are saying:

It was her first vacation in years, and heaven knows she needed it.

2. ) heaven knows how/what/why etc. SPOKEN used for saying that you do not know something or cannot imagine it:

Heaven knows what will happen now.

3. ) heaven knows how much/many/long SPOKEN used for emphasizing that something has happened a lot or too much:

I've had heaven knows how many people in here looking for you!

heaven preserve me/us from SPOKEN

used for saying that you dislike someone or something very much

heavens/good heavens SPOKEN

1. ) used for showing that you are very surprised:

Good heavens, is that the time?

2. ) used for emphasizing what you are saying:

Is that dog yours? Heavens, no.

heavens above SPOKEN

used for showing that you are very surprised

the heavens open

used for saying that very heavy rain starts to fall

how/who/what etc. in heaven's name SPOKEN

used for strongly emphasizing a question:

Where in heaven's name did you get that hat?

I thought I'd died and gone to heaven SPOKEN

used for emphasizing that you enjoyed something very much

made in heaven

a marriage or relationship that is made in heaven is very happy and successful:

They were a match made in heaven.

move heaven and earth (to do something)

to do everything that it is possible to do in order to make something happen

smell/stink to high heaven INFORMAL

to smell extremely bad

under heaven LITERARY

in the whole world

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