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Idiom

think one hung the moon

Meaning

To consider or think of someone to be extraordinary or exceptional.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“She thinks her new boyfriend hung the moon.”

“He is so in love that he thinks his partner hung the moon and can do no wrong.”

“Even after his repeated failures, his loyal supporters still think he hung the moon and treat his every word as absolute truth.”

Examples

simple

“She thinks her new boyfriend hung the moon.”

contextual

“He is so in love that he thinks his partner hung the moon and can do no wrong.”

complex

“Even after his repeated failures, his loyal supporters still think he hung the moon and treat his every word as absolute truth.”

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