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to wax enthusiastic

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  • wax — verb. In the meaning ‘to assume a specified tone or state’, wax is followed by an adjective, not an adverb: to wax lyrical, to wax enthusiastic, etc.: • When the Roman soldiers were asked to take part in the Claudian invasion of 43, they waxed… …   Modern English usage

  • wax lyrical — ► wax lyrical talk in a highly enthusiastic and effusive way. Main Entry: ↑lyrical …   English terms dictionary

  • wax lyrical — BE ENTHUSIASTIC, enthuse, rave, gush, get carried away. → wax * * * talk in a highly enthusiastic and effusive way waxing lyrical about his splendid son in law * * * wax lyrical chiefly Brit informal : to talk about something in a very… …   Useful english dictionary

  • wax — I. /wæks / (say waks) noun 1. any of a group of amorphous solid materials consisting of esters of monohydric alcohols and the higher homologues of fatty acids, as beeswax, an ester of palmitic acid, C30H61OCOC15H31. 2. any of various other… …  

  • wax — [[t]wæ̱ks[/t]] waxes, waxing, waxed 1) N MASS Wax is a solid, slightly shiny substance made of fat or oil which is used to make candles and polish. It melts when it is heated. There were coloured candles which had spread pools of wax on the… …   English dictionary

  • wax lyrical — sorry, I didn t mean to wax lyrical about the good old days Syn: be enthusiastic, enthuse, eulogize, rave, gush, get carried away …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • wax lyrical — talk in a highly enthusiastic and effusive way. → lyrical …   English new terms dictionary

  • Paul Burlin — (September 10, 1886 ndash; March 13, 1969) was born in New York of an English father and a German mother. Burlin was a modern and abstract expressionist painter. ChildhoodPaul Burlin was born Isadore Berlin to Jacob and Julia Berlin in 1886. The… …   Wikipedia

  • Seymour DeKoven — (d. October 29, 1984) was a United States classical music radio personality of the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s. Because of his penchant for mixing short musical segments with enthusiastic commentary, he could be called a classical music… …   Wikipedia

  • Isaac Hayes — Infobox Musical artist Name = Isaac Hayes Img capt = Isaac Hayes performs at the International Amphitheater in Chicago as part of the annual PUSH Black Expo, October 1973 Img size = 260 Background = solo singer Birth name = Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr.… …   Wikipedia

  • Bull Island (TV show) — Bull Island was an Irish television and radio satirical comedy show broadcast on RTÉ One and later on RTÉ Radio 1 from 1999 until 2002.Featuring a cast of just 7 Irish comedians and impressionists, the show, which aired for half an hour weekly,… …   Wikipedia

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