eternal life

eternal life

Everlasting life, often thought of as life that extends into the afterlife. While we all will miss Stu's presence here on Earth, he will now enjoy eternal life in heaven.
See also: eternal, life
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

eternal life

Euph. life after death. He passed on into eternal life, leaving us behind to mourn. She is now at rest in eternal life.
See also: eternal, life
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • eternal
  • cannot for the life of me/him/her/us/them
  • can't for the life of me
  • Life is short and time is swift
  • life is short(, and time is swift)
  • life
  • lust for life
  • not give a stuff
  • such is life
  • Such is life!
References in periodicals archive
Ben said: "Eternal life is everlasting NOW, an endless present.
He gives us eternal life. And there will be no end in our friendship with him.
It uses a radical image of losing limbs and eye in exchange for eternal life. There is value to this.
Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you' (Jn.
With her enchanting signature combination of Jewish history and magical realism, Dara Horn explores the logical extremes of parental love, and the pitfalls of eternity, in her captivating new novel, Eternal Life.
At Karen's funeral Mass at Our Lady of Immaculate Church in Darndale, Dublin, yesterday Keeva said: "We pray that mum is now in heaven and can now enjoy eternal life after her sickness."
Lieu, the promise and assurance of "eternal life" forms the basic framework of 1 John.
"The main specialty of this temple is this is one of the best temples of India and it is one of the historical places that plays an important role to attain the eternal life after death," said Vaishali.
Atlanta, GA, June 15, 2011 --(PR.com)-- [R]Royal Paws unveils to the public their Eternal Life Memorial monument pieces that display within its design the cremation ashes of the loved one or pet.
Their inclusion in the Easter story derives from the belief that they symbolise eternal life. But you don't have to be religious to enjoy these sunny yellow blooms.
The Book Of The Dead is a compilation of around 200 separate spells and prayers, some of which have never been shown in public before, which would help the dead on their perilous journey towards eternal life.
Against that, these texts assert Jesus offers a way of "eternal life" that puts us out of the reach of deathliness.
When a mysterious alien race, the Kethani, offer Earthlings the gift of eternal life, they change the human world on all levels ...