praise to the skies

English

WOTD – 5 November 2023

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹeɪz tə ðə ˈskaɪz/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -aɪz

Verb

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)

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

   Synonym: praise to high heaven

Related terms

• sing the praises of

Translations

to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively

• Finnish: ylistää maasta taivaisiin
• French: porter aux nues (fr)
• German: in den Himmel heben
• Icelandic: hæla á hvert reipi
• Macedonian: ве́лича до ѕве́здите (véliča do dzvézdite)
• Polish: wynosić pod niebiosa impf, wynieść pod niebiosa pf
• Russian: превозноси́ть до небе́с impf (prevoznosítʹ do nebés), превознести́ до небе́с pf (prevoznestí do nebés), возноси́ть до небе́с (ru) impf (voznosítʹ do nebés), вознести́ до небе́с pf (voznestí do nebés), расхваливать на все лады impf (rasxvalivatʹ na vse lady)
• Spanish: deshacerse en elogios, hacerse lenguas de, poner por las nubes

Further reading

• “praise (someone or something) to the skies, idiom”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.