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Definition of heaven in English: heavennoun ˈhɛv(ə)nˈhɛvən 1A place regarded in various religions as the abode of God (or the gods) and the angels, and of the good after death, often traditionally depicted as being above the sky. those who practised good deeds would receive the reward of a place in heaven Juno, Queen of Heaven and wife of Jupiter Example sentencesExamples - We shall all be united in Heaven one day, and there we shall praise one true God for eternity.
- It does not have the concept of a Saviour, nor of Heaven and Hell in the popular sense.
- To me Heaven exists as the stars and hell seems like the dark recesses of our minds.
- At his death, he was unable to again access to Heaven because of his meanness.
- Allah has created this world so that we could enter Heaven by following the path of truth.
- Paul would never approve of someone taking a few lines from his letter and treating them as a ticket to Heaven.
- From his position in Heaven above and beyond the universe, God sits not only as creator but also as judge.
- Now if I were to see them again in Heaven I would want them to be how I remembered them but who wants to be old in Heaven?
- Then the world will see our good works and glorify our Father who is in Heaven.
- If we believe our religion is the only way to Heaven, then we must also affirm that all other paths lead to Hell.
- The idea of a perfect Heaven must be caused by something greater than the idea itself.
- Speculating about Heaven and Hell, God and the Devil is an absurd and pointless act.
- I would like to think that she was watching me from her flowery garden up in Heaven with all her close relatives.
- It sounds like we have been given a free ticket to Heaven, and that is exactly what God has given us.
- When His work on earth was completed, Jesus returned to Heaven to be with His Father.
- They knew that to close their eyes on the scenes of life, was to open them in Heaven.
- By His precious blood a road was made from Heaven to earth, by which God could come down to man.
- You can now hope for a perfect inheritance beyond the power of change and decay, reserved in Heaven for you.
- In Heaven he was introduced to Indra, who enrolled him in his heavenly workshops.
- To her that was a sign from Heaven that she had to care for the child the rest of her life.
Synonyms paradise, nirvana, the kingdom of heaven, the promised land, the heavenly kingdom, the City of God, the celestial city, the abode of God, the abode of the saints, the abode of the angels, Zion, Abraham's bosom, the empyrean the beyond, the hereafter, the next world, the next life, the afterworld, the afterlife among American Indians happy hunting ground Christianity the New Jerusalem Hinduism Swarga Classical Mythology Elysium, the Elysian Fields, the Islands of the Blessed Scandinavian Mythology Valhalla Arthurian Legend Avalon - 1.1 God (or the gods)
Constantine was persuaded that disunity in the Church was displeasing to heaven Example sentencesExamples - And heaven help the sanity of the people who listen to it longer than it takes to switch it off.
- But heaven help anyone who writes this line-up off this time next year.
- But heaven surely knows, that packages and bows can never heal a hurting human soul.
- 1.2Theology A state of being eternally in the presence of God after death.
the everlasting happiness with God that we call heaven Example sentencesExamples - The priest went up and gave a very good speech about life and death, and heaven, and all sorts of stuff.
- Do you want reliable answers concerning issues like life, forgiveness, death, heaven or hell?
- You may want to talk about any beliefs you have, about what happens after death, such as heaven, or the spiritual part of a person.
- I just thought it was a lovely way to describe death and heaven.
- I'm fascinated by movies that offer interpretations of heaven and life after death.
- 1.3 Used in various exclamations as a substitute for ‘God’
Example sentencesExamples - Oh heavens above how dare they create a parallel in a satire between real life and their fictional world!
- Oh Heavens no, I'm just fine.
2also the heavensliterary The sky, especially perceived as a vault in which the sun, moon, stars, and planets are situated. Galileo used a telescope to observe the heavens Example sentencesExamples - She wondered if maybe her mother had not become one of the innumerable stars in the heavens.
- She then gazed upwards into the starlit night sky that blanketed the heavens above.
- They had seen his star in the heavens and followed it to Jerusalem and then onto Bethlehem.
- All of the thirteen kingdoms had been graced with a stone, and a crystal and a star in the heavens.
- He could never know what she had wished for as the stars fell from the heavens to earth.
Synonyms the sky, the skies, the upper atmosphere, the stratosphere literary the firmament, the vault of heaven, the blue, the (wide) blue yonder, the welkin, the ether, the empyrean, the azure, the upper regions, the sphere, the celestial sphere 3informal A place, state, or experience of supreme bliss. lying by the pool with a good book is my idea of heaven Example sentencesExamples - A beach, a book and an endless shoreline with nary a soul in sight pretty much sums up my idea of heaven here on Earth.
- The joy and beauty that pervade the show make the theatre a heaven of its own.
- The ills of overcrowding are relieved by escape into a computer-generated heaven, of open skies and rolling fields.
- After making new mates on our bus ride we ended up in our skate heaven.
- No one comes back - face up to what's gong on around you because this is the only heaven or hell you're going to experience.
- When the sun sets, a candelit dinner for two at the trendiest four-star restaurant is your idea of heaven.
- As thoughts turn to food, we come upon the market stalls, where my kebab-shop heaven is suddenly made manifest.
- The city was a very heaven for such Beatles and Stones fans, and the experience put a spell on their music that is still audible.
- We had to give them a style and grooming makeover, which I modelled on James Bond - my idea of heaven.
- By casting them out of their land, we were making them leave their heaven behind.
- For weeks, this grassy place was her heaven and she loved him for it.
- Where they saw scaffolding and cement-mixers, I saw a light-filled heaven.
- If that's their idea of heaven then I'd opt for downstairs with the sinners.
- My idea of chocolate heaven is anything with hazelnut praline. Mmmmm.
- It is tempting to view the Last Night of the Proms as William Blake's idea of heaven.
- Swimming around in deep blue oceans is my idea of heaven.
- We then turned the car towards the retail heaven that is IKEA.
- The corollary of this is that meditation provides an experience of heaven.
- I've long since stopped staying in Byron itself, but the surrounds remain my heaven on a stick.
- She is careful to look at every flower, every tree, as she dances gracefully across the heaven of green.
Synonyms ecstasy, bliss, rapture, contentment, happiness, delight, joy, felicity, supreme happiness, supreme joy, perfect contentment, seventh heaven, cloud nine paradise, Eden, Utopia, nirvana, Shangri-La, idyll literary Arcadia, Arcady
Phrases It suddenly starts to rain very heavily. Example sentencesExamples - Having laboured a part of the way, suddenly and most unexpectedly, the heavens open up.
- That is evidenced by the fact that it is now becoming a regular feature of life for home owners and businesses in certain areas that every time the heavens open they face the risk of flooding.
- As one of the driest years for decades, last year was indeed exceptional, and unless the heavens open for long periods this winter, restrictions could follow.
- Every home or business affected by floods will receive an individual flooding plan for their property, while all the city's residents will be mailed information on what to do if the heavens open up.
- Lightening arced across the sky, ripping the heavens open as torrential rains began to pelt down on them.
- Suddenly the heavens open, and I dive for shelter under a parasol.
- As well as using existing permanent stands, extra temporary and hospitality areas will be built, supplemented by covered wet weather areas to prevent overcrowding if the heavens open.
- When the heavens open early on Sunday morning, just hours into the final day of the Lake of Stars Festival, everyone is taken by surprise.
- ‘We had an uninterrupted practice for seven days and then the day we leave the heavens open, which is a great portent,’ said Noble.
- And as the heavens open once again, Travis takes to the stage, almost sombre in the evening's half-light.
- Come my brother and get warm in the car before the heavens open above us with rain.
- Everything goes as it should, until the heavens open and a torrential rain begins.
- Here he is at the front of the race as the heavens open…
- The best way to experience living conditions as they were at the turn of the last millennium is to book yourself into a festival once the heavens open.
- Suddenly the heavens open up and rain begins to pour from the unforeseen forming clouds.
- So I suggest that, before the heavens open again, Jenny and everyone else who has businesses here ring up the emergency services and get informed.
he was in seventh heaven, so excited Example sentencesExamples - On the right-wing Fox News Channel, the network's star Bill O'Reilly has been in seventh heaven.
- She loved it, plus her 2 sisters who still live in Jamaica came over so she was in seventh heaven.
- Having recently fallen in love with this style of music, I was in seventh heaven.
- After my wonderful morning, add the dark, dank weather, and I was in seventh heaven.
- Ardent followers of fashion will be in seventh heaven this weekend when one of the biggest and best clothes shows of the year fills the Sandton Convention Centre with a range of vibrant colours and exotic designs.
- Students and teachers at schools throughout Eden and Lune were in seventh heaven as they received their well-earned results after two years of tests, course work and hard slog.
- West Indian father Dennis builds a cricket practice net in the back garden and David is in seventh heaven.
- I was twelve years old and I was in seventh heaven.
- David is green with envy and in seventh heaven all at the same time and is soon sneaking off to get some cricket lessons courtesy of Dennis.
- He got behind the serving counters and dished up turkey and mashed potatoes to the boys and he was just in seventh heaven.
- He reported that the firm was in seventh heaven.
- Rebecca was in seventh heaven, having girls to talk to, after spending the day with Scott and his friends.
- University College Cork is in seventh heaven as it advances plans to restore a century-old observatory on campus.
- We were sold out, the audience loved it and we were in seventh heaven.
- For most of the afternoon, Hammam appeared to be in seventh heaven.
- Come the day of the game, I was in seventh heaven.
- Of course, when the results came out a couple months later, I was in seventh heaven when they called my name and said St. Mary's College.
- We've had snow, and the dog is in seventh heaven.
- Poland are at sixes and sevens, Korea in seventh heaven.
- Dan and Kelly look tired but are clearly in seventh heaven.
Synonyms ecstatic, euphoric, thrilled, elated, delighted, overjoyed, on cloud nine, on cloud seven, treading on air, walking on air, jubilant, rapturous, beside oneself with joy, jumping for joy, exultant, transported, delirious, enraptured, blissful, in raptures, like a child with a new toy
a match (or marriage) made in heaven A relationship or pairing where each member perfectly complements the other. you and your guy are a match made in heaven the balance of music and writing skills is definitely a marriage made in heaven Example sentencesExamples - Mustard and ketchup are a match made in heaven!
- He describes their relationship as "a marriage made in heaven".
- One simple, tasty starter involves serving asparagus with soft-boiled eggs—a marriage made in heaven.
- Take a class for the bride and groom's first dance, and you can show you're a match made in heaven with the footwork to prove it.
- It was a huge relief when Tracy said yes and now the pair is bound to be a match made in heaven.
move heaven and earth to do something Make extraordinary efforts to do a specified thing. if he had truly loved her he would have moved heaven and earth to get her back Example sentencesExamples - But Heather will move heaven and earth to do it.
- Instead, they're fascinated by the way in which their own children - who they moved heaven and earth to give a better time at Christmas than they ever had - are now telling their own children about Christmas in their time.
- We are duty bound to investigate all possibilities, but I am convinced Stephen was killed, and as such, am moving heaven and earth to try and catch a killer.
- While the renewable energy industry is moving heaven and earth to meet their targets in the timescale, I feel we will still need a back-up in the short term.
- That won't happen if the correct facilities can't be identified, but the new director of football is determined to move heaven and earth to find the site.
- So I have moved heaven and earth to make sure that I enter that theater with my mind open, empty, and willing to be filled with the Holy Spirit.
- He knew what he wanted to do and he moved heaven and earth to do it.
- Indeed, he would have concluded that he was a particular favourite of the headmaster, whom he might rightly have seen as moving heaven and earth to make excuses on his behalf.
- Funny how their committee hasn't moved heaven and earth to claim it.
- The government has also benefitted from a largely sympathetic media and when it has not it has moved heaven and earth to bring it into line.
- We've moved heaven and earth to get them in for when they want.
- If I think I have been unjustly treated I will move heaven and earth to put the record straight.
- If not, why aren't you moving heaven and earth to find out the answer?
- And so, in the interests of the integrity of my profession, I pledge to move heaven and earth to advance my inquiries with the greatest possible speed.
- It did not happen, although the archives also reveal that Wilson, as prime minister, moved heaven and earth to prevent President Richard Nixon, then discredited, coming on a state visit.
- We did all the advertising and scheduling for the event and, to be honest, we moved heaven and earth to reopen in time to accommodate it.
- Once I discovered it I moved heaven and earth to try to put it right.
- But still, we always work to move heaven and earth to mitigate the damage to respond as quickly as possible.
- Father Dixon found it remarkable that such a statement could be a credible account of Stuart's words, and began moving heaven and earth to save him from the gallows.
- Mr Gibbons said: ‘I have moved heaven and earth to make this deal happen, unfortunately Mr Hammond could not commit and the deal did not proceed.’
Synonyms try one's hardest, try as hard as one can, do one's best, do one's utmost, do all one can, give one's all, make every effort, spare no effort, put oneself out
stink (or smell) to high heaven Have a very strong and unpleasant odour. the quayside stank to high heaven of salt fish Example sentencesExamples - Anyway, whatever it is, it stinks to the highest heaven.
- ‘The whole thing stinks to high heaven,’ he said.
- The sun is bleaching the colour out of the streets, and the fish on the market stall are stinking to high heaven as they sweat on a bed of ice, but everyone is smiling and weaving their way around the tourists.
- For the remaining three hours of the exercise, I stank to high heaven with other members of the patrol deliberately evading me.
- You people stink to high heaven of moral righteousness.
- The idea of a town's worth of bins, all smelling to high heaven, in close proximity to each other, is not at all a happy one winter or summer.
- The whole media business stinks to high heaven as far as I'm concerned.
- Oh sure, the house stinks to high heaven, but it's just the varnish, a small price to pay for the end result.
- The fact that they printed the story without even doing the most basic checks stinks to high heaven.
- You know it stinks to high heaven, Pete, and you're the responsible minister.
- Unfortunately, they also stink to high heaven, so you need a pretty strong stomach for that particular activity.
- There are, alas, all too many foreign policy dilemmas like this one - when all the policy options stink to high heaven.
- When you eventually are given the ‘privilege’ of entry you are led to a large building that smells to high heaven.
- It stinks to high heaven and it's cold at the moment.
- Something about the story stinks to high heaven.
- I was totally covered, it was all through my clothes, and it stank to high heaven.
- What was not in perfect health was her house: it stank to high heaven (or, more appropriately, low hell).
- This sort of stuff stinks to high heaven and has registered quite high in the minds of my flatmates and all would be visitors to our shores.
- He only had the clothing he had been released in and was ‘stinking to high heaven’.
- As we reported, he says this corporate tax bill stinks to high heaven.
Synonyms foul-smelling, evil-smelling, stinking, stinking to high heaven, reeking, fetid, malodorous, pungent, acrid, rank, putrid, noxious
Derivatives adjective ˈhɛv(ə)nwədˈhɛv(ə)nwərd literary Directed or moving towards heaven or the sky; upward. with a heavenward glance, he turned to Alf Example sentencesExamples - her soul took its heavenward flight
- When all is ready, assemble your guests on the porch or in the garden where the aroma of the juleps will rise heavenward and make the birds sing.
- Fine, delicate black lines delineate androgynous figures, heads turned heavenward, mouths open.
- He took the precious book out of the cow's mouth, raised his eyes heavenward and exclaimed: ‘It's a miracle!’
adverb ˈhɛv(ə)nwədˈhɛv(ə)nwərd literary Towards heaven or the sky; upward. I shook my fist heavenward he turned his eyes heavenwards as if to pray for divine assistance
Origin Old English heofon, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hemel and German Himmel. The ultimate origin of heaven is unknown, although parallel forms exist in related languages. Heaven has always referred both to the sky and to the abode of God, regarded as beyond the sky. In Christian theology there is only one heaven, but some Jewish and Muslim people considered there to be seven, of which the seventh was the highest. There souls enjoyed a state of eternal bliss, and so in seventh heaven came to mean ‘very happy, ecstatic’. See also move, paradise
Rhymes Bevan, Devon, eleven, Evan, leaven, Pleven, seven, Severn Definition of heaven in US English: heavennounˈhɛvənˈhevən 1A place regarded in various religions as the abode of God (or the gods) and the angels, and of the good after death, often traditionally depicted as being above the sky. Example sentencesExamples - To her that was a sign from Heaven that she had to care for the child the rest of her life.
- They knew that to close their eyes on the scenes of life, was to open them in Heaven.
- In Heaven he was introduced to Indra, who enrolled him in his heavenly workshops.
- At his death, he was unable to again access to Heaven because of his meanness.
- Allah has created this world so that we could enter Heaven by following the path of truth.
- Paul would never approve of someone taking a few lines from his letter and treating them as a ticket to Heaven.
- When His work on earth was completed, Jesus returned to Heaven to be with His Father.
- We shall all be united in Heaven one day, and there we shall praise one true God for eternity.
- I would like to think that she was watching me from her flowery garden up in Heaven with all her close relatives.
- It does not have the concept of a Saviour, nor of Heaven and Hell in the popular sense.
- The idea of a perfect Heaven must be caused by something greater than the idea itself.
- If we believe our religion is the only way to Heaven, then we must also affirm that all other paths lead to Hell.
- You can now hope for a perfect inheritance beyond the power of change and decay, reserved in Heaven for you.
- Now if I were to see them again in Heaven I would want them to be how I remembered them but who wants to be old in Heaven?
- To me Heaven exists as the stars and hell seems like the dark recesses of our minds.
- Then the world will see our good works and glorify our Father who is in Heaven.
- Speculating about Heaven and Hell, God and the Devil is an absurd and pointless act.
- It sounds like we have been given a free ticket to Heaven, and that is exactly what God has given us.
- By His precious blood a road was made from Heaven to earth, by which God could come down to man.
- From his position in Heaven above and beyond the universe, God sits not only as creator but also as judge.
Synonyms paradise, nirvana, the kingdom of heaven, the promised land, the heavenly kingdom, the city of god, the celestial city, the abode of god, the abode of the saints, the abode of the angels, zion, abraham's bosom, the empyrean - 1.1 God (or the gods)
Constantine was persuaded that disunity in the Church was displeasing to heaven Example sentencesExamples - But heaven help anyone who writes this line-up off this time next year.
- But heaven surely knows, that packages and bows can never heal a hurting human soul.
- And heaven help the sanity of the people who listen to it longer than it takes to switch it off.
- 1.2Theology A state of being eternally in the presence of God after death.
Example sentencesExamples - I'm fascinated by movies that offer interpretations of heaven and life after death.
- The priest went up and gave a very good speech about life and death, and heaven, and all sorts of stuff.
- You may want to talk about any beliefs you have, about what happens after death, such as heaven, or the spiritual part of a person.
- I just thought it was a lovely way to describe death and heaven.
- Do you want reliable answers concerning issues like life, forgiveness, death, heaven or hell?
- 1.3 Used in various exclamations as a substitute for “God”
Example sentencesExamples - Oh Heavens no, I'm just fine.
- Oh heavens above how dare they create a parallel in a satire between real life and their fictional world!
2often heavensliterary The sky, especially perceived as a vault in which the sun, moon, stars, and planets are situated. Galileo used a telescope to observe the heavens Example sentencesExamples - She then gazed upwards into the starlit night sky that blanketed the heavens above.
- He could never know what she had wished for as the stars fell from the heavens to earth.
- She wondered if maybe her mother had not become one of the innumerable stars in the heavens.
- All of the thirteen kingdoms had been graced with a stone, and a crystal and a star in the heavens.
- They had seen his star in the heavens and followed it to Jerusalem and then onto Bethlehem.
Synonyms the sky, the skies, the upper atmosphere, the stratosphere 3informal A place, state, or experience of supreme bliss. lying by the pool with a good book is my idea of heaven Example sentencesExamples - We then turned the car towards the retail heaven that is IKEA.
- The joy and beauty that pervade the show make the theatre a heaven of its own.
- I've long since stopped staying in Byron itself, but the surrounds remain my heaven on a stick.
- The city was a very heaven for such Beatles and Stones fans, and the experience put a spell on their music that is still audible.
- A beach, a book and an endless shoreline with nary a soul in sight pretty much sums up my idea of heaven here on Earth.
- It is tempting to view the Last Night of the Proms as William Blake's idea of heaven.
- No one comes back - face up to what's gong on around you because this is the only heaven or hell you're going to experience.
- Swimming around in deep blue oceans is my idea of heaven.
- Where they saw scaffolding and cement-mixers, I saw a light-filled heaven.
- As thoughts turn to food, we come upon the market stalls, where my kebab-shop heaven is suddenly made manifest.
- She is careful to look at every flower, every tree, as she dances gracefully across the heaven of green.
- The ills of overcrowding are relieved by escape into a computer-generated heaven, of open skies and rolling fields.
- By casting them out of their land, we were making them leave their heaven behind.
- For weeks, this grassy place was her heaven and she loved him for it.
- When the sun sets, a candelit dinner for two at the trendiest four-star restaurant is your idea of heaven.
- The corollary of this is that meditation provides an experience of heaven.
- If that's their idea of heaven then I'd opt for downstairs with the sinners.
- After making new mates on our bus ride we ended up in our skate heaven.
- My idea of chocolate heaven is anything with hazelnut praline. Mmmmm.
- We had to give them a style and grooming makeover, which I modelled on James Bond - my idea of heaven.
Synonyms ecstasy, bliss, rapture, contentment, happiness, delight, joy, felicity, supreme happiness, supreme joy, perfect contentment, seventh heaven, cloud nine
Phrases It suddenly starts to rain heavily. Example sentencesExamples - That is evidenced by the fact that it is now becoming a regular feature of life for home owners and businesses in certain areas that every time the heavens open they face the risk of flooding.
- So I suggest that, before the heavens open again, Jenny and everyone else who has businesses here ring up the emergency services and get informed.
- Every home or business affected by floods will receive an individual flooding plan for their property, while all the city's residents will be mailed information on what to do if the heavens open up.
- Come my brother and get warm in the car before the heavens open above us with rain.
- The best way to experience living conditions as they were at the turn of the last millennium is to book yourself into a festival once the heavens open.
- Having laboured a part of the way, suddenly and most unexpectedly, the heavens open up.
- As well as using existing permanent stands, extra temporary and hospitality areas will be built, supplemented by covered wet weather areas to prevent overcrowding if the heavens open.
- As one of the driest years for decades, last year was indeed exceptional, and unless the heavens open for long periods this winter, restrictions could follow.
- Here he is at the front of the race as the heavens open…
- And as the heavens open once again, Travis takes to the stage, almost sombre in the evening's half-light.
- ‘We had an uninterrupted practice for seven days and then the day we leave the heavens open, which is a great portent,’ said Noble.
- Suddenly the heavens open up and rain begins to pour from the unforeseen forming clouds.
- When the heavens open early on Sunday morning, just hours into the final day of the Lake of Stars Festival, everyone is taken by surprise.
- Lightening arced across the sky, ripping the heavens open as torrential rains began to pelt down on them.
- Suddenly the heavens open, and I dive for shelter under a parasol.
- Everything goes as it should, until the heavens open and a torrential rain begins.
Example sentencesExamples - Poland are at sixes and sevens, Korea in seventh heaven.
- We've had snow, and the dog is in seventh heaven.
- I was twelve years old and I was in seventh heaven.
- He got behind the serving counters and dished up turkey and mashed potatoes to the boys and he was just in seventh heaven.
- Students and teachers at schools throughout Eden and Lune were in seventh heaven as they received their well-earned results after two years of tests, course work and hard slog.
- He reported that the firm was in seventh heaven.
- After my wonderful morning, add the dark, dank weather, and I was in seventh heaven.
- Having recently fallen in love with this style of music, I was in seventh heaven.
- West Indian father Dennis builds a cricket practice net in the back garden and David is in seventh heaven.
- We were sold out, the audience loved it and we were in seventh heaven.
- Of course, when the results came out a couple months later, I was in seventh heaven when they called my name and said St. Mary's College.
- Come the day of the game, I was in seventh heaven.
- Dan and Kelly look tired but are clearly in seventh heaven.
- Rebecca was in seventh heaven, having girls to talk to, after spending the day with Scott and his friends.
- For most of the afternoon, Hammam appeared to be in seventh heaven.
- On the right-wing Fox News Channel, the network's star Bill O'Reilly has been in seventh heaven.
- She loved it, plus her 2 sisters who still live in Jamaica came over so she was in seventh heaven.
- David is green with envy and in seventh heaven all at the same time and is soon sneaking off to get some cricket lessons courtesy of Dennis.
- University College Cork is in seventh heaven as it advances plans to restore a century-old observatory on campus.
- Ardent followers of fashion will be in seventh heaven this weekend when one of the biggest and best clothes shows of the year fills the Sandton Convention Centre with a range of vibrant colours and exotic designs.
Synonyms ecstatic, euphoric, thrilled, elated, delighted, overjoyed, on cloud nine, on cloud seven, treading on air, walking on air, jubilant, rapturous, beside oneself with joy, jumping for joy, exultant, transported, delirious, enraptured, blissful, in raptures, like a child with a new toy
move heaven and earth to do something Make extraordinary efforts to do a specified thing. if he had truly loved her he would have moved heaven and earth to get her back Example sentencesExamples - It did not happen, although the archives also reveal that Wilson, as prime minister, moved heaven and earth to prevent President Richard Nixon, then discredited, coming on a state visit.
- Indeed, he would have concluded that he was a particular favourite of the headmaster, whom he might rightly have seen as moving heaven and earth to make excuses on his behalf.
- And so, in the interests of the integrity of my profession, I pledge to move heaven and earth to advance my inquiries with the greatest possible speed.
- If not, why aren't you moving heaven and earth to find out the answer?
- While the renewable energy industry is moving heaven and earth to meet their targets in the timescale, I feel we will still need a back-up in the short term.
- We've moved heaven and earth to get them in for when they want.
- He knew what he wanted to do and he moved heaven and earth to do it.
- But Heather will move heaven and earth to do it.
- That won't happen if the correct facilities can't be identified, but the new director of football is determined to move heaven and earth to find the site.
- So I have moved heaven and earth to make sure that I enter that theater with my mind open, empty, and willing to be filled with the Holy Spirit.
- If I think I have been unjustly treated I will move heaven and earth to put the record straight.
- Father Dixon found it remarkable that such a statement could be a credible account of Stuart's words, and began moving heaven and earth to save him from the gallows.
- But still, we always work to move heaven and earth to mitigate the damage to respond as quickly as possible.
- Instead, they're fascinated by the way in which their own children - who they moved heaven and earth to give a better time at Christmas than they ever had - are now telling their own children about Christmas in their time.
- We are duty bound to investigate all possibilities, but I am convinced Stephen was killed, and as such, am moving heaven and earth to try and catch a killer.
- Once I discovered it I moved heaven and earth to try to put it right.
- Funny how their committee hasn't moved heaven and earth to claim it.
- We did all the advertising and scheduling for the event and, to be honest, we moved heaven and earth to reopen in time to accommodate it.
- The government has also benefitted from a largely sympathetic media and when it has not it has moved heaven and earth to bring it into line.
- Mr Gibbons said: ‘I have moved heaven and earth to make this deal happen, unfortunately Mr Hammond could not commit and the deal did not proceed.’
Synonyms try one's hardest, try as hard as one can, do one's best, do one's utmost, do all one can, give one's all, make every effort, spare no effort, put oneself out
stink (or smell) to high heaven Have a very strong and unpleasant odor. Example sentencesExamples - Unfortunately, they also stink to high heaven, so you need a pretty strong stomach for that particular activity.
- The whole media business stinks to high heaven as far as I'm concerned.
- You people stink to high heaven of moral righteousness.
- As we reported, he says this corporate tax bill stinks to high heaven.
- The fact that they printed the story without even doing the most basic checks stinks to high heaven.
- He only had the clothing he had been released in and was ‘stinking to high heaven’.
- For the remaining three hours of the exercise, I stank to high heaven with other members of the patrol deliberately evading me.
- You know it stinks to high heaven, Pete, and you're the responsible minister.
- Anyway, whatever it is, it stinks to the highest heaven.
- There are, alas, all too many foreign policy dilemmas like this one - when all the policy options stink to high heaven.
- The idea of a town's worth of bins, all smelling to high heaven, in close proximity to each other, is not at all a happy one winter or summer.
- I was totally covered, it was all through my clothes, and it stank to high heaven.
- When you eventually are given the ‘privilege’ of entry you are led to a large building that smells to high heaven.
- It stinks to high heaven and it's cold at the moment.
- This sort of stuff stinks to high heaven and has registered quite high in the minds of my flatmates and all would be visitors to our shores.
- What was not in perfect health was her house: it stank to high heaven (or, more appropriately, low hell).
- The sun is bleaching the colour out of the streets, and the fish on the market stall are stinking to high heaven as they sweat on a bed of ice, but everyone is smiling and weaving their way around the tourists.
- Something about the story stinks to high heaven.
- Oh sure, the house stinks to high heaven, but it's just the varnish, a small price to pay for the end result.
- ‘The whole thing stinks to high heaven,’ he said.
Synonyms foul-smelling, evil-smelling, stinking, stinking to high heaven, reeking, fetid, malodorous, pungent, acrid, rank, putrid, noxious
Origin Old English heofon, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hemel and German Himmel. |