man upstairs

noun

Phrases

the man upstairs or the Man Upstairs

informal

: god

As luck, fate, or the man upstairs would have it, the storm subsides by morning.

—Steve Howe

Even though these people may execute me, they have to meet the man upstairs too.

—Elvis Wesbrook

… parachuting or hang gliding can send you soaring heavenward … sooner than the Man Upstairs is expecting you.

—Melissa Gotthardt

Word History

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above