Casualphrase
essere al settimo cielo
to be over the moon, to be on cloud nine
Literal Translation
"to be in the seventh heaven"
Formal Equivalent
essere estremamente felice, essere colmo di gioia
Examples in Context
"Quando mi hanno dato la promozione, ero al settimo cielo!"
"When they gave me the promotion, I was over the moon!"
"I bambini erano al settimo cielo per il regalo."
"The kids were on cloud nine because of the gift."
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Cultural Note
One of the few positive emotion expressions on this list. Rooted in Dante's Paradiso and medieval cosmology, where the seventh heaven was the sphere of Saturn. Now used casually with no literary connotation.
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