IdiomDaily Life
French
FrenchÊtre au septième ciel
Meaning: To be in a state of perfect happiness.
Literally: To be in the seventh heaven
Example: “Depuis qu'elle a reçu sa lettre d'admission, elle est au septième ciel.” — Ever since she got her acceptance letter, she's been in seventh heaven.
English equivalent: To be in seventh heaven
Equivalents in other languages
English: in seventh heaven
Origin: From the cosmology inherited through Ptolemy and Islamic astronomy, in which concentric heavens surround the earth and the seventh and outermost is the dwelling of God. Being there is being as high as it is possible to go.
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