wax lyrical en · VERB
Meanings
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To speak very enthusiastically about something.
Axe-grinding columnists and politicians are therefore disingenuous when they wax lyrical about the quality of the meals served on the Continent by the International Wagons-Lits Company (and in France, though not in Italy, I personally have not found the quality outstanding for the high price demanded) [...].
1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 142:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| waxed lyrical | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| waxed lyrical | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| waxing lyrical | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| waxes lyrical | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
fi puhua lennokkaasti (speak very enthusiastically) · fi puhua runollisesti (speak very enthusiastically) · sv vara lyrisk (speak very enthusiastically) · cmn 滔滔不絕 /滔滔不绝 (speak very enthusiastically)