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to hung the moon

to hung the moon

1 9.6
To think someone is perfect and cannot do wrong
  • idiom
  • Informal
translation icon : lo considera perfecto
  • And by the way, my mom thinks you hung the moon, too.
  • thinks I hung the moon

At some point, they're not going to be thinking we've hung the moon anymore.

Examples

  • They act like he hung the moon.

    8 Seconds (1994)

  • Dwayne always thought you'd hung the moon.

    In Country (1989)

  • If I can get Wood Products for him, he'll think I hung the moon.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • As far as I was concerned, Frank had hung the moon and set all the stars in the sky just for me.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • As a boy, I thought he hung the moon.

    Blog text (12)

  • Hannah thinks her big brother hung the moon.

    Blog text (4)

  • She thought he hung the moon.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • You could tell he thought Clancy Jane hung the moon.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • She thought Mack, her boy, hung the moon.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • My grandmother always says that I hung the moon, and it makes me feel special.

Synonyms

to think the world of
vsto hung the moon
  • Informal
12 5.1

To like and respect someone very much

is stronger, implying near perfect admiration and idealizing someone
to put on a pedestal
vsto hung the moon
  • Informal
10 6.0

Admire someone so much you think they are perfect

is more about personal high regard rather than public elevation
to hang the moon and stars
vsto hung the moon
  • Informal
9.9

Admire someone so much that you think they are perfect

is the same idea but presented in a shorter variant
idolized
vsto hung the moon
  • US
4.9

A person who many people admire and love very much, often too much

is strong praise but less about worship or excessive devotion

Antonyms

to take a dim view
3 5.6

To not approve of something

How Admired

to worship
106 3.4
to idolize
  • US
42 4.9
to hung the moon
  • Informal
1 9.6
to think the world of
  • Informal
12 5.1
to admire
743 1.6
to like
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

hung the moon infinitive
hung the moon past
hung the moon past participle
hanging the moon present participle
hangs the moon third person singular

Morphology

hung + the + moon

The phrase uses a hyperbolic, metaphorical image—literally 'hang the moon' is not a compositional action that yields the idiomatic meaning—so a B1 learner who knows 'hang' and 'moon' might infer a strong positive sense (big praise) but not the conventionalized nuance of 'regard as perfect.' The meaning is therefore partially derivable from the parts but relies on cultural/metaphorical knowledge and conventional usage, making it only partially predictable.

Etymology

Hung the moon may come from a simple image: imagining someone so wonderful they could hang the moon in the sky as a great thing for you. So saying someone 'hung the moon' means you think they are perfect or admire them very much.