sky

the sky

informal The highest possible level of achievement, attainment, or success. My parents always taught me to reach for the sky when I was growing up—that I could be anything I set my mind to! With all your talent and money, you could do whatever you want. The sky's the limit, kiddo!
See also: sky
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

sky

in. to travel (to somewhere) in an airplane. I decided to sky down to Orlando for the weekend.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (as) clear as the sky is blue
  • (as) high as the sky
  • aim for the sky
  • blow sky-high
  • blow sky-high, to
  • blow somebody/something sky-high
  • blow something sky-high
  • blue-sky research
  • blue-sky thinking
  • build castles in the sky
  • castles in the sky
  • come out of a clear blue sky
  • come out of a/the clear blue sky
  • eye in the sky
  • eye-in-the-sky
  • go sky-high
  • gone to the big (something) in the sky
  • gone to the big something in the sky
  • gone to the great (something) in the sky
  • high as a kite
  • out of a clear (blue) sky
  • out of a clear blue sky
  • out of a clear sky
  • out of a/the clear (blue) sky
  • pie in the sky
  • reach for the sky
  • red sky at night, sailor's delight
  • red sky at night, shepherd's delight
  • red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning
  • shoot for the sky
  • sky
  • sky hook
  • sky is falling, the
  • sky pilot
  • sky rug
  • skyhook
  • sky-piece
  • sky-pilot
  • sky's the limit, the
  • the sky
  • the sky is the limit
  • the sky’s the limit
  • the sky's the limit
References in periodicals archive
BOXING: Vasyl Lomachenko v Luke Campbell - Sky Sports Action 1800.
Sunday 11 August 2019 14:00 Newcastle v Arsenal (Sky Sports) 16:30 Man Utd v Chelsea (Sky Sports)
FOOTBALL: European Championship qualifier, Republic of Ireland v Georgia - Sky Sports Main Event 7.40pm, Malta v Spain - Sky Sports Football 7.40pm; U21 friendly, England v Germany - BT Sport 1 7.15pm.
CRICKET Indian Premier League - Rajasthan Royals v Sunrisers Hyderabad (Sky Sports Cricket/Mix, 11am), Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Riders (Sky Sports Cricket, 3pm).
TENNIS: ATP Tour, Shanghai Masters - Sky Sports Main Event, 9.30am; WTA Tour, Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open - BT Sport 1, 9.30am.
FRIDAY FOOTBALL: English Championship, Reading v Ipswich (Sky Sports 1, 8pm), La Liga, Real Sociedad v Espanyol (Sky Sports 5, 7.45pm), Ligue 1, PSG v St Etienne (BT Sport 3, 7.30pm).
RUGBY UNION: Six Nations, Wales v Ireland - BBC1 2pm, England v Scotland - BBC1 4.30pm; LV= Cup, Saracens v Northampton - Sky Sports 3 12.00; Super Rugby, Highlanders v Waratahs - Sky Sports 4 6.30am, Reds v Brumbies - Sky Sports 3 8.30am, Cheetahs v Sharks Sky Sports 3 3pm.
GOLF: European Tour, The Italian Open -Sky Sports 4 1230; PGA Tour, The Players Championship - Sky Sports 3 1900.
SOCCER: Coca-Cola Championship, Wolves v QPR - Sky Sports 1 (7.30pm).
Looking like something George Jetson would fly to his home in the Skypad Apartments, the Moller Sky Car prototype has four sizeable engine nacelles, a large rear wing, and a clear bubble-top canopy.
County Championship Cricket Wednesday to Friday Sky Sports 1, 10.30am and 1.15pm.
SKY Computers, Inc., a subsidiary of Analogic Corporation, is developing a rugged product line based upon the Company's successful AltiVec PowerPC-based Merlin multicomputer.
No matter where you are this summer--at the beach, in the city, or in the mountains--you share the sky with every other living thing on Earth.
TODAY CRICKET: Test, England v Ireland - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Cricket 1030, Sky Sports Main Event 1615; T20 Blast, Essex v Gloucestershire - Sky Sports Cricket 1855.