in heaven's name

English

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Prepositional phrase

in heaven's name

1. (idiomatic) An intensifier used with questions.

   What in heaven's name are you doing?

   Who in heaven's name told you to do that?

   Where in heaven's name are my darn shoes?

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:the dickens

Translations

intensifier

• Dutch: in hemelsnaam
• Finnish: taivaan tähden
• French: au nom du ciel (fr), pour l’amour du ciel
• Italian: in nome del cielo
• Polish: na miłość boską (pl)
• Scottish Gaelic: an ainm an àigh
• Swedish: i fridens namn, i hela fridens namn (sv)