Pearly Gates
Americannoun
plural noun
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informal the entrance to heaven
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slang (not capitals) teeth
Example Sentences
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Not that anyone would know, since it was about as hard to get invited into the Pritchards’ house as to be admitted through the Pearly Gates.
From Literature
She asked me how my daddy made it to the pearly gates of heaven.
From Literature
I don’t want to have to explain to St. Peter at the Pearly Gates that I died in a fall down the stairs at Dodger Stadium.
From Los Angeles Times
His beloved Jane Foster passed through the pearly gates of Valhalla into the afterlife, while his sibling Loki veers wildly from being an ally to an adversary.
From BBC
“Do I fit the criteria in terms of Christianity and in regard to St. Peter and pearly gates?”
From Salon
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