seventh heaven

seventh heaven

A state of bliss or extreme happiness. I've been in seventh heaven ever since I got engaged! A spa treatment in a luxury hotel with no kids—this is seventh heaven!
See also: heaven, seventh
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

seventh heaven

Pure happiness. Both Judaism and Islam recognize seven levels of heaven, of which the highest one is where God resides. To be in seventh heaven is therefore to experience ultimate bliss, whether theological or not.
See also: heaven, seventh
Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price
See also:
  • be in seventh heaven
  • in seventh heaven
  • seventh heaven, to be in
  • 7th
  • seventh
  • ninny
  • bliss ninny
  • float/walk on air
  • be on cloud nine
  • heaven
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Comprising two residential buildings, spread across 10 and 12 floors and 157 apartments, Seventh Heaven will feature a wide retail mix including restaurants and lifestyle dining, skincare boutiques and salons, banks, and yoga and Pilates fitness centres.
"We are also working on creating a truly exciting retail experience at Seventh Heaven for the whole community.
O'Brien said: "When Ryan Moore picked Even Song, Seamie had second pick and he chose Seventh Heaven. He thought the Curragh would suit her better than Epsom and he was spot-on.
In 2012, In Seventh Heaven featured live music by the Jill Jack Band and local, Grammy-nominated jazz ensemble Straight Ahead.
His parents, Jerry and Meryl Butler, are the founders of Seventh Heaven, a family-run business based in Chirk, near Wrexham, which was established in 1971 and sells antique beds.
Film Festival has set the three sidebar retros for its 49th edition: a tribute to Hollywood meller specialist Frank Borzage ("Seventh Heaven," 1927; "A Farewell to Arms," 1932; "Desire," 1936); panorama "It Happened Yesterday," featuring films that capture turning points in the 20th century; and an homage to France-based Georgian director Otar Ioseliani ("Favorites of the Moon," 1984; "Farewell, Home Sweet Home," 1999).
"I was absolutely in seventh heaven," said Canon Bill Riesberry, a retired Anglican priest, adding, "I think it will be difficult for the Roman Catholic church to reverse its positions.
The term "Seventh Heaven", first used in a 1927 silent movie about a lonely Parisian sewer worker who found pleasure and love with a street waif, is used frequently to describe the ultimate in satisfaction.
CLYDE Wijnhard was in seventh heaven after his hat-trick helped crush sorry Palace.
Vathek impiously defies Mohammed in the seventh heaven, thus condemning himself to eternal damnation and expulsion to the netherworld.
His later plays were Rip Van Winkle (1911), Three Wise Fools (1918), Seventh Heaven (1920), and A Play Without a Name (1928).
In 1959, when Alice Hoffman's latest novel, Seventh Heaven, begins, I was 11 years old, with an aunt whom, even at my sexually unripened age, I understood as dangerous, in contradictory ways, to married men and women.
The seventh heaven is formed of divine light beyond the power of tongue to describe, and is ruled by Abraham.
Zaal Mohamed Zaal, the chairman and founder of Al Barari, told Construction Week that the company's Ashjar and Seventh Heaven projects will be complete next year.
Coat Of Arms 4.15 Curragh 1pt each-way at 40-1 with Coral (33-1 generally) VVSEVENTH Heaven can stamp her class in the Blandford 2.35 Curragh If Ryan Moore had chosen Seventh Heaven rather than Rain Goddess, the four-year-old would likely be a short-priced favourite to land this Group 2 and she is too good not to be backed at 11-2.