wax lyrical
Speak with rapture
To wax lyrical is to speak or write about something with increasing enthusiasm and eloquence, often at length: She waxed lyrical about her time in Paris.
The phrase uses the older sense of wax meaning to grow or increase—the same wax that describes the moon's phases.
Someone waxing lyrical becomes more effusive and poetic as they continue.
- enthuseExpress eager excitement
- rhapsodizeSpeak with extravagant enthusiasm
- gushFlow out forcefully
- extolPraise with enthusiasm
- raveEnthusiastic praise or nightlong dance
reminisce · romanticize · rose-tinted glasses · lyricism · effuse · eulogize · go on · go on and on · sentimentality · expatiate · eloquence · nostalgia · wistful · flowery · muse · hold forth · spout off · carry on
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clam up · say nothing · bite one's tongue · hold back · understate
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