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praise to the skies en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˌpɹeɪz tə ðə ˈskaɪz/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

From praise + to the skies (or sky) (“to the highest possible degree”).

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To praise or laud (someone or something) excessively.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
praising to the skies Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
praises to the skies Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
praised to the skies Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
praised to the skies Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

sing the praises of

Synonyms

praise to high heaven

Translations (15)

es hacerse lenguas de (to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively) · mk ве́лича до ѕве́здите (to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively) · fi ylistää maasta taivaisiin (to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively) · fr porter aux nues (to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively) · pl wynosić pod niebiosa (to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively) · is hæla á hvert reipi (to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively) · ru расхваливать на все лады (to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively) · de in den Himmel heben (to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively) · ru возноси́ть до небе́с (to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively) · ru превознести́ до небе́с (to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively) · es deshacerse en elogios (to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively) · ru превозноси́ть до небе́с (to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively) · es poner por las nubes (to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively) · ru вознести́ до небе́с (to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively) · pl wynieść pod niebiosa (to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively)