wax lyrical
English
Verb
wax lyrical (third-person singular simple present waxes lyrical, present participle waxing lyrical, simple past and past participle waxed lyrical)
- To speak very enthusiastically about something.
- 1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 142:
- Axe-grinding columnists and politicians are therefore disingenuous when they wax lyrical about the quality of the meals served on the Continent by the International Wagons-Lits Company (and in France, though not in Italy, I personally have not found the quality outstanding for the high price demanded) [...].
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Translations
speak very enthusiastically
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References
- “wax lyrical”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “wax lyrical”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “wax lyrical”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary