heaven

heaven
heav‧en S3 W3 /ˈhevən/ noun1.  PLACE OF GOD (also Heaven) [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  [uncountable] informal an extremely enjoyable situation or place
   SYN  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 PHRASES
3. 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. 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. heaven help somebody
  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. 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. 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(2)