worship the ground someone walks on
To admire or adore someone to excess.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“He worships the ground she walks on.”
“Everyone knows he worships the ground she walks on, even though she barely notices him.”
“Despite her cold indifference, he continued to worship the ground she walked on, blinded by a devotion that bordered on obsession.”
first recorded 19th c.
First attested in 1848.
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as if someone owns the place
Alternative form of like someone owns the place.
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ball and Chalk
[Cockney slang]walk
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beat someone round the ears
To beat (a person) with blows about the head.
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bless someone with
To give or bestow, as a gift from God.
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bring someone to their knees
To defeat and make submit to orders.
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cake walk
Something extremely easy.
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call someone every name in the book
To call someone many abusive names.
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call someone everything but a child of God
To call someone many abusive names.
Last updated August 10, 2026