(someone or something) to shout about
(someone or something) to shout about
Someone or something that is especially remarkable, noteworthy, or important; someone or something worthy of praise or exultation. The company is promising that they're new product will really be something to shout about. The singer is proving that she is truly someone to shout about—someone who will leave an indelible mark in the history of music.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
shout about someone or something
1. to yell about someone or something. Alice is shouting about Tom, the guy who stood her up. What are you shouting about?
2. to show one's pride or enthusiasm about someone or something. (Usually with the object shifted to the front of the sentence.) That's really something to shout about. She's something to shout about.
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*something to shout about
Fig. something that causes one to show pride or enthusiasm about someone or something. (*Typically: be ~; have ~.) Getting into med school is really something to shout about. she's something to shout about.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- (someone or something) promises well
- be/have done with somebody/something
- beware of
- beware of (someone or something)
- be in line with (someone or something)
- better of
- begin with
- begin with (someone or something)
- bird has flown, the
- be rough on (someone or something)