to worship the ground someone walks on
- idiom
- Informal
:
adorar a alguien
- It's not healthy to worship the ground someone walks on and ignore their faults.
Examples
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People say he worships the ground she walks on, but she hardly notices his devotion.
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Ever since they started dating, she clearly worships the ground he walks on.
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She worships the ground he walks on!
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I can't believe you worshipped the ground she walked on.
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Warren worships the ground she walks on.
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He worships the ground she walks on.
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"I swear, sometimes I think Vusi worships the ground you walk on," Betsy said coyly.
Synonyms
106
3.4
To admire someone very much, often without thinking about their faults
42
4.9
Admire someone very much, often ignoring their faults
10
6.0
Admire someone so much you think they are perfect
1
7.6
To praise or thank someone too much and show strong liking for them
1
6.5
Admire someone so much that you think they are perfect
To admire someone too much and ignore their faults
To make someone seem like a god or without faults
Admire someone so much that you think they are perfect
To give a lot of praise, often more than needed
Antonyms
How Admiring
- Informal
106
3.4
274
2.4
743
1.6
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
worship + the + ground + someone + walk + on
The meaning 'to admire or adore someone to an excessive degree' is directly inferable by combining 'worship' (treat as divine) with the image of 'the ground someone walks on' — a vivid hyperbole that signals extreme reverence for even a person's footsteps. This figurative but compositional image is straightforward and common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would very likely grasp the intended meaning.
Etymology
The idiom worship the ground someone walks on comes from the picture of a person so full of love and respect that they would worship the ground someone walks on, as if their footsteps were holy. That's why it means 'to admire or adore someone too much'.