she was in seventh heaven when she received the acceptance letter to medical school
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This birthday girl would soon grow up to be in seventh heaven.—
Alex Apatoff,
Peoplemag,
25 Jan. 2023 With a division title almost cinched and his old pal La Russa in the Sox dugout, Reinsdorf should be in seventh heaven.—
Paul Sullivan,
chicagotribune.com,
27 Aug. 2021 Your sixth sense — the one beyond sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell — may be leading you to seventh heaven, the very height of happiness.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Oct. 2019
Word History
Etymology
from the seventh being the highest of the seven heavens of Islamic and cabalist doctrine