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The afterlife's penthouse suite — because apparently heaven has floors.
means A state of blissful, extreme happiness — the feeling of being on top of the world, emotionally.
from Rooted in old cosmologies — Islamic, Jewish (Talmudic), and other traditions — that pictured the heavens stacked in seven ascending layers, with the seventh and highest being the most glorious, closest to the divine throne. The phrase entered English drawing on this layered-heaven imagery, eventually shedding its theological scaffolding to mean simply 'the highest possible happiness.'
- origin
- Islamic and Jewish cosmology, seven celestial spheres stacked up
- top floor
- seventh level is where God actually resides
- pop culture
- flattened into a 90s WB teen drama title
- modern use
- now just means deliriously, irrationally happy