praise someone or something to the skies

praise someone or something to the skies
praise someone or something to the skies
Fig. to give someone or something much praise. •

He wasn't very good, but his friends praised him to the skies.

They liked your pie. Everyone praised it to the skies.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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