waxes poetic
Speaks with flourish
To wax poetic is to speak or write with heightened emotion or eloquence, often at length and sometimes excessively.
The phrase usually carries a gentle irony—someone waxing poetic about their hometown or a favorite meal is being indulged rather than admired: He waxed poetic about his grandmother's cooking.
Wax here means to grow or increase, as in waxing moon.
- eloquencePersuasive verbal grace
- purple proseOverly elaborate, emotional writing
- metaphorImplied identity comparison
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
the good old days · wistfulness · flowery · inspiration · longing · melancholy · soliloquy · rhetoric · simile · romanticize · lyricism · passion · effusive · muse · reminisce · articulation · stream of consciousness · imagery
waxes poeticcuts to the chase
Reaches the point immediately
gets to the point · tells it like it is · deadpans · clams up
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