praise to the skies
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From praise + to the skies (or sky) (“to the highest possible degree”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˌpɹeɪz tə ðə ˈskaɪz/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪz
Verb[edit]
praise to the skies (third-person singular simple present praises to the skies, present participle praising to the skies, simple past and past participle praised to the skies)
- (transitive, idiomatic) To praise or laud (someone or something) excessively.
- Synonym: praise to high heaven
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively
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References[edit]
- ^ “to the skies (also sky), phrase” under “sky, n.1”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2023; “to the skies, phrase”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading[edit]
- “praise (someone or something) to the skies, idiom”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.