sing the praises of (someone or something)



sing the praises of (someone or something)

To speak very highly of someone or something; to enthusiastically endorse someone or something; to extol the virtues, benefits, or good qualities of someone or something. Our manager has been singing the praises of the new developers she hired. I just hope that they're up to the job! Jeff was singing the praises of his smartphone all last week, until it froze on him all of a sudden last night.
See also: of, praise, sing

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Yasuyah-sooJapanese
Isaure-French
AnnaAN-a (English), AHN-nah (Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish), AH-nah (German, Russian), AN-nah (Danish)English, Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Greek, Hung
Nkechi-Western African, Igbo
Geevarghese-Indian, Malayalam
Juliannejoo-lee-ANEnglish