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heaven Ⅰ noun 1 seven or eleven. Rhyming slang, used by dice gamblers UK, 1961. 2 cocaine UK, 2002. 3 heroin UK, 2003. 4 a billboard in the language of graffiti artists US, 2002 Ⅱ ⇨ heaven and hell; heaven verb to give off a bad smell. Rhyming slang UK, 1992
idiomheavenbe in seventh heaven(also be in hog heaven AmE)to be in a situation that makes you extremely happy:Laura, chatting and laughing in her new dress, was in seventh heaven, but her husband looked bored.You go look at the museum, I'll stay here and have a few more beers. I'm in hog heaven right where I am.move heaven and earth to do sthto work extremely hard to achieve something, using all your energy and doing everything you can to solve problems:My parents decided that I should go to America, and they moved heaven and earth to get me a visa.I'm sure the government would move heaven and earth to avoid another Stock Exchange disaster.
See:- (good) heavens
- a heaven on earth
- a marriage made in heaven
- a marriage/match made in heaven
- a match made in heaven
- be in seventh heaven
- be knocking on heaven's door
- bundle from heaven
- bundle of joy
- Crosses are ladders that lead to heaven
- for God's sake
- for God's, heaven's, pity's, etc. sake
- for heaven's sake
- for heaven's/Pete's/pity's sake
- For Pete's sake!
- for pity's sake
- for the sake of
- go to heaven in a wheelbarrow
- God forbid
- God forbid!
- God help (one)
- God knows
- God/goodness/Heaven knows
- God/Heaven forbid
- God/Heaven help somebody
- God's in his heaven; all's right with the world
- Good heavens!
- heaven dust
- heaven forbid
- heaven help (one)
- Heaven help us!
- heaven helps those who help themselves
- heaven knows
- heaven on earth
- Heaven protects children and drunken men
- heaven protects children, sailors, and drunken men
- heavenly days
- heavens above
- heavens opened
- heavens to Betsy
- Heavens to Betsy!
- heavens!
- in God's/Heaven's name
- in heaven
- in heaven's name
- in hog heaven
- in seventh heaven
- in the name of
- in the name of heaven
- knocking on heaven's door
- manna from heaven
- manna from heaven, like
- marriage made in heaven
- marriage made in heaven, a
- Marriages are made in heaven
- match made in heaven
- move heaven and earth
- move heaven and earth to do
- move heaven and earth, to
- my heavens
- pennies from heaven
- pig heaven
- seventh heaven
- seventh heaven, to be in
- smell to heaven
- smell to high heaven
- smell to high heaven, to
- smell/stink to high heaven
- stink to high heaven
- thank God
- Thank goodness!
- thank heavens
- the heavens open
- the heavens opened
- to God
- to God/goodness/Heaven
- to goodness
- to heaven
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