from on high

Meaning

From Heaven, from above.

From people with power or authority.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

When God wounds from on high he will follow with the remedy. Fernando de Rojas

The Sun shineth as well on the good as the bad: God from on high beholdeth all the workers of iniquity, as well as the upright of heart. Thomas Nashe

During the war he was an airman and slaughtered civilians from on high. Romain Gary

Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers. Ovid

I think the notion of traditional anchor is fading away - the all-knowing, all-seeing person who speaks from on high. I don't think the audience really buys that anymore. As a viewer, I know I don't buy it. Anderson Cooper

Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from within. Edmund Husserl

Words in the phrase

from on high

Close letter words and terms

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