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a marriage made in heaven marriage made in heavenA very happy marriage or partnership. Cindy and Mark look so happy together. That's a marriage made in heaven. Merging our bakery with the ice cream parlor next door was a great idea—it's a marriage made in heaven.See also: heaven, made, marriagea marriage made in heaven and a match made in heavena happy or harmonious marriage or partnership. (See also .) The partnership of George and Ira Gershwin was a match made in heaven; they wrote such beautiful songs.See also: heaven, made, marriagea ˌmarriage/ˌmatch made in ˈheaven a combination of two people or things which seems perfect: When she married Dave, everyone thought that theirs was a match made in heaven. ♢ A merger between the two leading mobile phone networks would appear to be a marriage made in heaven, but will consumers lose out?See also: heaven, made, marriage, matchmarriage made in heaven, aA match decreed by destiny; a very successful pairing. Already a well-known adage by the mid-sixteenth century, this term was quoted many times over and appeared in numerous proverb collections. It was often used sarcastically but was largely confined to actual matrimony until the twentieth century, when it began to be applied to other kinds of match— as, for example, a merger of two business corporations. See also: made, marriage |