heave a sigh of relief

To experience an intense feeling of happiness or relief because something particularly stressful, unpleasant, or undesirable has been avoided or completed. Everyone in class heaved a sigh of relief after that horrible midterm exam was over. Investors in Europe are heaving a big sigh of relief now that a Greek exit from the Euro has been avoided.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hayato	hah-yah-to	Japanese
AtİLa	-	Turkish
Takouhi	-	Armenian
Vaishnavi	-	Hinduism, Tamil, Indian, Telugu, Marathi
Leofsige	-	Anglo-Saxon
Calixta	-	Spanish, Portuguese