单词 | to praise to the skies |
释义 | > as lemmasto praise to the skies P1. to the skies (also sky): to the highest possible degree; enthusiastically, extravagantly. In later use esp. in to praise to the skies. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > in or to the greatest degree never solOE with (also mid) the mostc1275 for the masteryc1325 to the bestc1390 to the uttermostc1400 at the hardest1429 to the utmostc1450 to the skies (also sky)1559 at float1594 all to nothing1606 to the height1609 to the proofa1625 to the last degree1639 to the welkin?1746 (the) worst kind1839 for all it's worth1864 as —— as they make them?a1880 in the highest1897 to the nth (degree, power)1897 up to eleven1987 1559 Passage Quene Elyzabeth (new ed.) sig. A.iii Blessing tonges, which many a welcome say Which pray thou maist do wel, which praise the to the sky. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. ii. ii. 104 Italians..alwaies extoll their owne things to the skie. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. iii. 191 Those of any Piety or Religion, commended it to the Skyes. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 71 You were extoll'd to the Skies, I assure you. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. viii. 196 The shield of Nestor, bruited to the skies. 1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 25 Rhymsters who praise 'em to the skies, And meanest actions eulogize. 1845 Brit. Farmer's Mag. Oct. 301 Some farmers cried it up to the skies, while others condemned it as useless. 1881 J. T. Wheeler Hist. India IV. ii. vii. 330 Flatterers applauded it to the skies. 1941 H. I. Priestley in War & Survival 125 The great dictators protest to the skies that all they seek is peace. 1973 P. J. Seybold Revolutionary Educ. in China xiv. 156 At one time they shouted ‘Long live the teachers’.., praising them to the skies. 2013 Church Times 15 Feb. 26/4 There were performances one could praise to the skies. < as lemmas |
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