Hello. My name is Emma, and in today's video, we are going to talk about heaven expressions.
We are going to talk about ten heaven expressions. So, I've already made a video on hell expressions,
this video will go very well with that one because now we're doing the opposite.
So, what is heaven? Well, heaven, first of all, is a very good place. It's... Different
religions believe different things, and in some religions, people believe that when you
die, you go to a very beautiful place that's very nice and wonderful in every way. So maybe
you believe in these religions, maybe you don't, but Heaven is a place that some people
think you go to when you die (if you're good). So, in English, we have many expressions using
the word: "heaven". So let's get started and look at some of them.
Okay, so the first one I want to teach you today is a very romantic expression:
"A match made in heaven". So, what does this mean? If there is a match
made in heaven, it means that there is a very, very good pairing. So there're usually two
people who fall in love and they're perfect for each other. We would say they are a match
made in heaven. Do you think Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are a match made in heaven?
I think my parents, my mom and my dad, are a match made in heaven. I want you to think
about if you know any couples who are perfect for each other. If you do know these couples,
you can say: "They are a match made in heaven." Okay, so our second expression:
"To move heaven and earth". What does this mean? It means you have a goal
and you will do anything to achieve this goal. So, for example: maybe someone stole my bike
and I'm very angry, and my goal is to find the person who stole my bike. I can say:
"I will move heaven and earth to find the person who stole my bike." Okay, maybe your goal is
to learn English; you really want to learn English. You can say: "I will move heaven
and earth to learn English.", "I will learn...", or: "I will move heaven and earth to stop
this war.", "I will move heaven and earth to find my soul mate." Okay? So it just means
you will do anything to accomplish something. Okay, let's see the next expression:
"I thought I died and", oh, wait. "I thought I died and" - sorry -, "I thought I died and
went to heaven." Okay? This is a very common expression. When you are so happy, something
very, very good happens, you can say: "I thought I died and went to heaven." So what are some
examples of this? Well, maybe you find the best tasting cake in the world; it's a very
good cake, you have a bite: "Mm, I thought I died and went to heaven." Okay? Or maybe...
Maybe you had a very tasty drink; it was a very good drink. After drinking this: "I thought
I died and went to heaven." So it pretty much means something is very, very good. Okay,
so now let's look at some more expressions. Okay, so now let's look at some more expressions.
But before we do, there's one thing I want to say. A lot of these expressions are used
in conversation. Okay? So you might not find them so frequently in writing, you will find
them more often when people are talking, in conversation.
So let's look at number four: "Heaven forbid".
What does this mean? "Heaven forbid you fail the test tomorrow.", "Heaven forbid there's
a huge emergency.", "Heaven forbid the house catches on fire." This means that you hope
something doesn't happen. Okay? So it means hope that something bad doesn't happen. "Heaven
forbid you never watch an engVid video again." That would be terrible. So it means you don't
want to something to happen. Number five:
"Heaven only knows". We use this when we're talking about a question
that there's no answer or it's impossible to know the answer. "Heaven only knows when
it will rain next.", "Heaven only knows when there will be peace on earth.", "Heaven only
knows if we will ever meet aliens." Okay? So, "Heaven only knows" is a question that
has no answer. "To be in heaven".
This is a very happy expression. "To be in heaven" means you are very, very happy, everything
is good. So, for example: if you like to shop, you like to go shopping, maybe you go to a
shopping mall and it's a big shopping mall, so many sales. You could say: "I'm in heaven."
Or, I have a dog, when my dog eats dinner, I could say: "Oh, she's in heaven." Meaning
she's very, very happy. Okay? This is actually my favorite, number seven:
"Stink to high heaven" or: "Reek to high heaven". So this is "reek", "stink". What do "reek"
and "stink" mean? It means smells bad. Okay? When something smells... smells very, very
bad, it stinks or it reeks. So if something stinks to high heaven, this means it smells
very, very, very bad. Okay? So maybe you walk into a kitchen, someone's cooking and the
food, ugh, it smells so bad. You could say: "Ugh, this kitchen reeks to high heaven.",
"This food stinks to high heaven." It's not so nice, but you could also say this about
a person. "Oh, she stinks to high heaven." Okay? Not nice, but it's possible. Okay, so
I like number seven. Number eight:
"Heaven on earth". "Heaven on earth" means that something is
very, very good. Just... It's very similar to: "be in heaven". For example, if you like
to go to the beach... I went on a trip to a country called Belize; beaches, very, very
beautiful, very beautiful ocean views. It was an amazing experience. I could say that:
"The beaches of Belize are heaven on earth." Okay? They're incredible. Maybe you've gone
somewhere and it has a very beautiful mountain and a lovely waterfall. You could say: "This
place is heaven on earth.", "This place is paradise." So we use it when we're talking
about a place that's very beautiful. Number nine:
"For heaven's sake". What does this mean? We use it as an exclamation.
We use it to emphasize something. So, for example: maybe you're surprised, maybe someone
does something and it makes you angry. We use it in these ways. So, for example: if
I'm on my bicycle and somebody cuts me off, you could say: "Oh, for heaven's sake, don't
these people know how to drive?" Maybe I'm with my friends, one of them does something
very stupid. "For heaven's sake, why did you do that?" Okay? So we use it to show our surprise,
our shock, sometimes our anger. So this one: "For heaven's sake", we don't say it in a
happy way. We don't say: "Oh, for heaven's sake, this is wonderful." No. It's usually
for you're shocked, you're surprised, and often about something bad.
Finally, number 10: "Heavenly".
If something is "heavenly" it also means it's very good. Very similar to: "to be in heaven",
very similar. So maybe I have a tea and I smell the tea. "Oh, it smells heavenly." Maybe
I'm eating a slice of pizza. "Mm, this pizza is heavenly." It's another way to say: "good"
or: "great". It means it's very, very good. Okay?
So, heaven only knows if you will come and check out our site. I hope you will come to
www.engvid.com. There you will find our quiz where you can practice these expressions.
It is a heavenly site, and heaven forbid something stops you from checking out our site. I just
wanted to use some of these expressions. So, come visit our site and take our test.