rhapsodize over

rhapsodize over (someone or something)

To speak or write about someone or something with extravagant, unbridled enthusiasm. John won't stop rhapsodizing over the book he's reading at the moment. I nearly makes me not want to read it! Janet's previous employers rhapsodized over her in their reference letter, so I'm pretty confident we're making a good decision.
See also: over, rhapsodize
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

rhapsodize over someone or something

to go on and on about the virtues of someone or something. Young Thomas likes to rhapsodize over Francine, his girlfriend. Please do not rhapsodize over this poem anymore.
See also: over, rhapsodize
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • rhapsodize
  • rhapsodize over (someone or something)
  • pour cold water on
  • pour cold water on (something)
  • pour cold water on something
  • pour/throw cold water on something
  • no expense is spared
  • spare no expense
  • spare no expense/pains/trouble doing something
  • sporting blood
References in periodicals archive
Erica takes readers to piles of poo in Ethiopia by way of underground caves, latrines and backyard gardens, and opens the drawers at the Natural History Museum to rhapsodize over her favorite flies.
The Secret Life of Flies
While Walt spent his adult life in big cities, he would still rhapsodize over his "little home town, Marceline." His father, Elias, was a strict, religious, sometimes violent man with socialist leanings.
The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life