praise to the skies
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5.8
- idiom
- Informal
:
alabar hasta el cielo
- The new park design has drawn praise to the skies from the local community.
Examples
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Don't praise to the skies that movie!
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The critics gave her performance praise to the skies after the premiere.
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His volunteers were given praise to the skies for their dedication and hard work.
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Everyone praised to the skies her incredible talent!
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She praised to the skies the charity's efforts for helping so many people in need.
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The coach praised to the skies the player after his outstanding performance in the final match.
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The teacher praised to the skies her students for their hard work and excellent exam results.
Synonyms
331
1.0
To tell a person that you admire or approve of them
136
3.2
To show praise in public for a person or idea
131
4.1
To welcome or praise someone publicly and enthusiastically
95
1.6
To say something nice about someone or their work
68
4.6
Speak about something in a very excited, positive way
67
4.4
To praise someone or something for good work
65
6.1
To praise or advertise something strongly to make people want it
53
4.5
To praise someone in public with great excitement for their success
30
7.7
To praise someone publicly in a formal way
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5.6
To praise a person or thing too much, often with strong feeling
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7.2
To raise someone to a higher position or praise them strongly
7
7.5
To praise someone or something very much
7
7.4
To praise something too much to make people want to buy it
6
4.1
Say strong good things about someone or something in public
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4.5
Say very good things about someone or something
4
6.1
Talk in a very excited way to praise someone or something
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4.1
To say very good things about someone, often in public
1
6.4
To praise someone too much to make them seem better
To give a lot of praise, often more than needed
To praise someone very highly and make them seem perfect
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to praise extremely highly' is directly derivable from combining 'praise' with the locative/metaphorical phrase 'to the skies', where 'skies' evokes height and intensity. This upward/heavenly intensifier is cross-linguistically common and follows a standard compositional pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would likely infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Praise to the skies may come from the simple image of people lifting their praise up into the skies, as if the praise flies up and reaches the highest places. That's why it means 'to praise someone or something extremely highly'.