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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

the sky is the limit en · X

Meanings

  1. Nothing is impossible or out of reach.
    • “I think the hidden mantra of British life is still ‘know your place’. Whereas over there [the US], it's ‘the sky's the limit’.” 2026 January 31, Danny Leigh, quoting Riz Ahmed, “Lunch with the FT: Riz Ahmed”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
    • If you have a refrigerator and a microwave at work, then the sky is the limit for what you can put in your lunchbox.

Forms

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the sky's the limit alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

sky's-the-limit

Relateds

reach for the sky · out of the question · shoot the moon

Translations (9)

fr rien n'est impossible (nothing is out of reach) · pt o céu é o limite (nothing is out of reach) · it niente è impossibile (nothing is out of reach) · hu a határ a csillagos ég (nothing is out of reach) · nl alles kan (nothing is out of reach) · es nada es imposible (nothing is out of reach) · is það eru engin takmörk (nothing is out of reach) · es el cielo es el límite (nothing is out of reach) · es no hay límite (nothing is out of reach)