praise to the skies

Idioms

Commend lavishly or excessively, as in The critics praised the new soprano to the skies. This expression, alluding to lofty praise, was in the 1600s put as extol to the skies but acquired its present form in the early 1800s. Also see sing one's praises.

Example Sentences

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The tunnel project that Chris Grayling, or his successor, will soon approve or reject, is an example of a British compromise that even its most ardent champions find difficult to praise to the skies.

From The Guardian • Feb. 8, 2019

Those who keep to the law they .call "willing slaves," and they praise to the skies rulers who behave like subjects and subjects who behave like lords.

From Time Magazine Archive

The same lips that even yesterday swore eternal fidelity to the Regent Biron, and sounded his praise to the skies, now condemned him, and as loudly commended their august new mistress, Anna Leopoldowna!

From The Daughter of an Empress by Greene, Nathaniel

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