- heaven⇄expr. for heaven's sake! or good heavens! an exclamation of surprise, protest, or demand.
Ex. Hold on, for heaven's sake! Good heavens! What a place to stop at! - heaven⇄expr. heaven knows,
a. who knows.
Ex. It was skunk, rotten eggs, sulphur, and heaven knows what else, all rolled into one (New Yorker).
b. certainly.
Ex. Heaven knows I should be used to it by now (Maclean's). - heaven⇄expr. heavens or Heavens,
a. the upper air in which clouds float, winds blow, and birds fly and in which the sun, moon, and stars seem to be set; sky.
Ex. Millions of stars were shining in the heavens. The heavens declare the glory of God (P - heaven⇄expr. in heaven's name! for heaven's sake.
- heaven⇄expr. move heaven and earth, to do everything possible.
Ex. The mayor should be moving heaven and earth to enact this income tax immediately (New York Times). - heaven⇄expr. to high heaven,
a. very highly; to the skies.
Ex. ... praising the Chinese Communist Party to high heaven (Harper's).
b. too much; inordinately.
Ex. The air ... stinks to high heaven (J. D. Salinger). - heaven⇄heaven, noun.
1a. (in Christian and some other religious use) the place where God and the angels live and where the blessed go after death.
b. any one of various other celestial realms.
Ex. the seven heavens of the Talmud or of the Kora - Heaven⇄Heaven, noun.
God; Providence.
Ex. It was the will of Heaven. Heaven will protect the Working Girl (Edgar Smith).