Meanings
- idiomaticHeaven; paradise as enjoyed in the afterlife.
Owing to his sugarcane habit, his stubby front teeth are all pretty much gone to the sweet hereafter.
2003, Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible, →ISBN, page 1742 more examples
Lord, what thou doest noo, an' why, We maunna seek to ken; But sune the sweet hereafter comes, An' thou wilt tell us then.
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 885Miss 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.
1903, "Woman Roiled Into Ditch by Train," The Daily Review (Decatur, Illinois), 22 Mar.Synonyms: Elysian Fields
Synonyms & antonyms
nounHeaven; paradise as enjoyed in the afterlife.
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