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1【place of god】2【enjoyable situation】3 for heaven's sake4 heaven (only) knows5 heaven help somebody6 heaven forbid7 what/how/why etc in heaven's name8 the heavens9 move heaven and earth
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Language: Old English;Origin: heofon]
alsoHeaven【PLACE OF GOD】 [singular] the place where God is believed to live and where good people are believed to go when they die
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paradisein heaven He believed that he and his wife would one day be together again in heaven.【ENJOYABLE SITUATION】[U]informal an extremely enjoyable situation or place
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paradise Sitting by the pool with a good book is my idea of heaven.in heaven Put a baseball in his hand and he's in heaven. Living on the farm for Jim was heaven on earth .a match/marriage made in heaven(=a happy and successful marriage)
spokenfor heaven's sakea) used to show that you are annoyed or angry
Oh, for heaven's sake, Mark, do you have to make everything into a joke?b) used to emphasize a question, request, order, or opinion
For heaven's sake, let's all get to sleep.spokenheaven (only) knowsa) used to emphasize that you do not know something
He won't tell me what he thinks. Heaven knows why.b) used to emphasize what you are saying
Sue can't take a holiday yet, though heaven knows she needs a rest.spokenheaven help sba) used to express sympathy for someone who is in a dangerous or difficult situation
'The two boys are going to the dentist on Thursday.' 'Heaven help the dentist.'b) used to say that you will be very angry with someone if they do something
Heaven help him if he ever comes back here again!spokenheaven forbidused to say that you very much hope something will not happen
What would you do financially if, heaven forbid, your husband died?spokenwhat/how/why etc in heaven's nameused when asking a surprised and angry question
Where in heaven's name have you been?the heavensliterary the sky
He looked up towards the heavens. Just then, the heavens opened (=it started to rain heavily) .move heaven and earthto try very hard to achieve something
I would move heaven and earth to help her.→
be in seventh heavenatseventh1 (2)
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thank heaven(s)atthank