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Heaven on Seven(tourism)
Heaven(medicine)
heaven(1)(dictionary)
heaven(2)(dictionary)
heaven(dictionary)
heaven-sent(dictionary)
A Taste of Heaven(tourism)
tree of heaven(encyclopedia)
heaven (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)

heaven (oh)



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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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[Language: Old English; Origin: heofon]
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
-see also paradise paradise in 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
-synonym paradise 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)
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.
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.
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!
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?
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?
the heavens
literary the sky
　He looked up towards the heavens.
　Just then, the heavens opened (=it started to rain heavily) .
move heaven and earth
to try very hard to achieve something
　I would move heaven and earth to help her.
-see also be in seventh heaven at seventh 1 (2)
-see also thank heaven(s) at thank (2)