to high heaven
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.55 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
Example Sentences
- "But I wished to high heaven that my head would quit aching."
- "The rear housing on the back tender truck was now blazing to high heaven."
- "If someone would have the nerve to ask for, say, 10 percent of that amount to be used for the training of this same young man to make a good farmer and citizen out of him, then they would cry to high heaven about the out-of-reason waste of money."
- "He stood in the middle of the road and began to complain to high heaven at the top of his voice."
- "How can I ever forget one cold night in February while the wind blew to high heaven?"