kingdom come

English

Etymology

From the phrase thy kingdom come in the Lord's Prayer, possibly construed as a shortening of kingdom to come.

Noun

kingdom come (uncountable)

1. The next world; heaven or paradise
   • 1843, Alfred Crowquill, "The 'Plummy'", in Bentley's Miscellany, page 626

     Dead ! dead as herrings — gone to kingdom come a precious long time ago.