Pearly Gates

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. the entrance to heaven.

Pearly Gates

plural noun

1. informal.
   the entrance to heaven
2. slang.
   not capitals teeth

Example Sentences

Will these resurrected animals be house-trained and know to exit the pearly gates before doing their business?

From The Daily Beast

Charles Darwin, how was your theory of evolution received when you arrived at the Pearly Gates?

From The Daily Beast

I hadn't the nerve to stand there and tell her she'd never see her father again this side of the pearly gates.

From Project Gutenberg

I was counting the jewels in the Pearly Gates when your task force came along.

From Project Gutenberg

Write us often, and when you reach those pearly gates there will be those to meet you who will say, "You showed me the way."

From Project Gutenberg

An' doan' yer see de pearly gates a-openin' to let ole black Jake go frew?

From Project Gutenberg

For truly it may be said of thee that thou hast entered through the pearly gates into the New Jerusalem, shouting Victory!

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• immortality
• nirvana
• paradise
• Promised Land