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skies S0449450 (skīz)n. Plural of sky.v.Third person singular present tense of sky.sky (skaɪ)
n., pl. skies, n. 1. the region of the clouds or the upper air; upper atmosphere of the earth. 2. the heavens or firmament, appearing as a great arch or vault. 3. the supernal or celestial heaven. 4. the climate: the sunny skies of Italy. 5. Obs. a cloud. v.t. 6. to raise, throw, or hit aloft or into the air. 7. to hang (a painting) high on a wall, above the line of vision. Idioms: out of a or the clear (blue) sky, without any advance warning. Often, skies (for defs. 1-4).[1175–1225; Middle English < Old Norse skȳ cloud, c. Old English scēo, Old Saxon skio cloud]sky′like`, adj. skies
praise (someone or something) to the skiesTo heap lavish or excessive amounts of praise on someone or something. All the film critics have been praising her performance to the skies, but I thought it was a bit wooden, to be honest. Your previous boss praised you to the skies in his letter of recommendation, so we have high hopes for you here.See also: praise, skiesto the skiesTo the highest degree; excessively. Typically used in the phrase "praise (someone or something) to the skies." All the film critics have been praising her performance to the skies, but I thought it was a bit wooden, to be honest. Your previous boss praised you to the skies in his letter of recommendation, so we have high hopes for you here.See also: skiespraise someone or something to the skiesFig. to give someone or something much praise. He wasn't very good, but his friends praised him to the skies. They liked your pie. Everyone praised it to the skies.See also: praise, skiespraise to the skiesCommend 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. See also: praise, skiesto the skies very highly; enthusiastically. 1989 Gay Daly Pre-Raphaelites in Love Gabriel wrote to his little sister praising Lizzie to the skies. See also: skiespraise somebody/something to the ˈskies praise somebody/something very much; say somebody/something is very good, beautiful, etc: She’s always praising you to the skies: she says she’s never had such a good assistant before. OPPOSITE: not have a good word to say for/about somebody/somethingSee also: praise, skies, somebody, somethingpraise to the skies, toTo commend lavishly; by extension, excessively. Earlier versions of this expression include laud and extol to the skies/heavens/ stars, as in Sir Thomas More’s “They praysed him farre above the Starres” (The History of Kyng Richard the Third, 1513). See also sky's the limit.See also: praiseEncyclopediaSeeskyMedicalSeeSKY |