who in heaven's name

who in heaven's name
how/​who/​what etc in heaven’s name spoken phrase
used for strongly emphasizing a question

Where in heaven’s name did you get that hat?

Thesaurus: ways of adding emphasis to questionssynonym
Main entry: heaven

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  • what in heaven's name — how/​who/​what etc in heaven’s name spoken phrase used for strongly emphasizing a question Where in heaven’s name did you get that hat? Thesaurus: ways of adding emphasis to questionssynonym Main entry: heaven …   Useful english dictionary

  • how in heaven's name — how/​who/​what etc in heaven’s name spoken phrase used for strongly emphasizing a question Where in heaven’s name did you get that hat? Thesaurus: ways of adding emphasis to questionssynonym Main entry: heaven …   Useful english dictionary

  • Heaven — • In the Holy Bible the term heaven denotes, in the first place, the blue firmament, or the region of the clouds that pass along the sky. Gen., i, 20, speaks of the birds under the firmament of heaven . In other passages it denotes the region of… …   Catholic encyclopedia

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  • heaven */*/ — UK [ˈhev(ə)n] / US noun 1) a) Heaven the place where God is believed to live. Some people believe that good people go to Heaven when they die and bad people go to Hell Christians believe that Jesus ascended into Heaven. b) literary God or God s… …   English dictionary

  • heaven — heav|en [ hevn ] noun ** 1. ) Heaven the place where God is believed to live. Some people believe that good people go to Heaven when they die, and bad people go to Hell: Christians believe that Jesus ascended into Heaven. a ) LITERARY God, or God …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • heaven — heav|en S3 [ˈhevən] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(place of god)¦ 2¦(enjoyable situation)¦ 3 for heaven s sake 4 heaven (only) knows 5 heaven help somebody 6 heaven forbid 7 what/how/why etc in heaven s name 8 the heavens 9 move heaven and earth ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • name — name1 [ neım ] noun *** 1. ) count a word or set of words by which a person or thing is usually known: My name is Judith Kramer. Please write your name, address, and telephone number on the list. name of: What s the name of this flower? name for …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • heaven — [[t]he̱vən[/t]] ♦♦♦ heavens 1) N PROPER In some religions, heaven is said to be the place where God lives, where good people go when they die, and where everyone is always happy. It is usually imagined as being high up in the sky. I believed that …   English dictionary

  • Heaven — may refer to the physical heavens, the sky or the seemingly endless expanse of the universe beyond.The term is used to refer to a plane of existence (sometimes held to exist in our own universe) in religions and spiritual philosophies, typically… …   Wikipedia

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