wax lyrical

idiom

chiefly British, informal
: to talk about something in a very enthusiastic way
He waxed lyrical about the time he spent living in southern France.

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His legacy is alive and well, though, because people still wax lyrical about his glory days, correlating their youth to his hedonistic ways. — Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025 If that sounds terribly sentimental, well, that’s the beauty and limitation of The Last Waltz, which doubles down on the sap by having Robertson and his band mates wax lyrical in separate interviews about the spiritual toll of touring and the power of music. — Will Leitch, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024

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