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"etymology_text": "From praise + to the skies (or sky) (“to the highest possible degree”).",
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"To praise or laud (someone or something) excessively."
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"word": "praise to high heaven"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively",
"word": "ylistää maasta taivaisiin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively",
"word": "porter aux nues"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively",
"word": "in den Himmel heben"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively",
"word": "hæla á hvert reipi"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "véliča do dzvézdite",
"sense": "to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively",
"word": "ве́лича до ѕве́здите"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively",
"tags": [
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"word": "wynosić pod niebiosa"
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"word": "превозноси́ть до небе́с"
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"sense": "to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively",
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"word": "вознести́ до небе́с"
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"roman": "rasxvalivatʹ na vse lady",
"sense": "to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "расхваливать на все лады"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively",
"word": "deshacerse en elogios"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively",
"word": "hacerse lenguas de"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively",
"word": "poner por las nubes"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively",
"word": "ylistää maasta taivaisiin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively",
"word": "porter aux nues"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively",
"word": "in den Himmel heben"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively",
"word": "hæla á hvert reipi"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "véliča do dzvézdite",
"sense": "to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively",
"word": "ве́лича до ѕве́здите"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wynosić pod niebiosa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wynieść pod niebiosa"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prevoznosítʹ do nebés",
"sense": "to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "превозноси́ть до небе́с"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prevoznestí do nebés",
"sense": "to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "превознести́ до небе́с"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "voznosítʹ do nebés",
"sense": "to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "возноси́ть до небе́с"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "voznestí do nebés",
"sense": "to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вознести́ до небе́с"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rasxvalivatʹ na vse lady",
"sense": "to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "расхваливать на все лады"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively",
"word": "deshacerse en elogios"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively",
"word": "hacerse lenguas de"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to praise or laud (someone or something) excessively",
"word": "poner por las nubes"
}
],
"word": "praise to the skies"
}
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