heaven

heav|en

S3 [ˈhevən] n

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1¦(place of god)¦

2¦(enjoyable situation)¦

3 for heaven's sake

4 heaven (only) knows

5 heaven help somebody

6 heaven forbid

7 what/how/why etc in heaven's name

8 the heavens

9 move heaven and earth

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[: Old English; Origin: heofon]

1.) also Heaven

¦(PLACE OF GOD)¦ [singular]

the place where God is believed to live and where good people are believed to go when they die

→↑paradise in heaven

▪ He believed that he and his wife would one day be together again in heaven.

2.) ¦(ENJOYABLE SITUATION)¦[U] informal

an extremely enjoyable situation or place

= ↑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)

3.) spoken for heaven's sake

a) 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.

4.) spoken heaven (only) knows

a) 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.

5.) spoken heaven help sb

a) 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!

6.) spoken heaven forbid

used to say that you very much hope something will not happen

▪ What would you do financially if, heaven forbid, your husband died?

7.) spoken what/how/why etc in heaven's name

used when asking a surprised and angry question

▪ Where in heaven's name have you been?

8.) the heavens

literary the sky

▪ He looked up towards the heavens.

▪ Just then, the heavens opened (=it started to rain heavily) .

9.) move heaven and earth

to try very hard to achieve something

▪ I would move heaven and earth to help her.

→be in seventh heaven at ↑seventh¹ (2)

→thank heaven(s) at ↑thank