sweet hereafter
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edit- (idiomatic) Heaven; paradise as enjoyed in the afterlife.
- 1885, Mary Lee Demarest, "The Pathway o' the Sea," in A Library of Religious Poetry by Philip Shaff and Arthur Gilman (eds.), Funk and Wagnalls, New York, page 885:
- Lord, what thou doest noo, an' why,
- We maunna seek to ken;
- But sune the sweet hereafter comes,
- An' thou wilt tell us then.
- 1903, "Woman Roiled Into Ditch by Train," The Daily Review (Decatur, Illinois), 22 Mar.:
- Miss Lacy Stafford of Taylorville was struck by an Illinois Central train at the Sangamon street crossing at 3 o'clock and in the eyes of the spectators she was wafted directly into the sweet hereafter by lightning express.
- 2003, Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible, →ISBN, page 174:
- Owing to his sugarcane habit, his stubby front teeth are all pretty much gone to the sweet hereafter.
- 1885, Mary Lee Demarest, "The Pathway o' the Sea," in A Library of Religious Poetry by Philip Shaff and Arthur Gilman (eds.), Funk and Wagnalls, New York, page 885: