ON HIGH


Meaning of ON HIGH in English

1.

( formal ) in a high place :

We gazed down into the valley from on high.

2.

( humorous ) the people in senior positions in an organization :

An order came down from on high that lunchbreaks were to be half an hour and no longer.

3.

in heaven :

The disaster was seen as a judgement from on high.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.