Phrase guide

praise to the skies

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpɹeɪz tə ðə ˈskaɪz/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪz

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verb

Meaning 1

To praise or laud (someone or something) excessively.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: praise to high heaven

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From praise + to the skies (or sky) (“to the highest possible degree”).

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: ylistää maasta taivaisiin — to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively
  • French: porter aux nues — to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively
  • German: in den Himmel heben — to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively
  • Icelandic: hæla á hvert reipi — to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively
  • Macedonian: ве́лича до ѕве́здите (véliča do dzvézdite) — to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively
  • Polish: wynosić pod niebiosa — to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively
  • Polish: wynieść pod niebiosa — to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively
  • Russian: превозноси́ть до небе́с (prevoznosítʹ do nebés) — to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively
  • Russian: превознести́ до небе́с (prevoznestí do nebés) — to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively
  • Russian: возноси́ть до небе́с (voznosítʹ do nebés) — to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively
  • Russian: вознести́ до небе́с (voznestí do nebés) — to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively
  • Russian: расхваливать на все лады (rasxvalivatʹ na vse lady) — to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively
  • Spanish: deshacerse en elogios — to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively
  • Spanish: hacerse lenguas de — to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively
  • Spanish: poner por las nubes — to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively