wax eloquent

wax eloquent

To speak or write (about something) with particularly eloquent language, especially to an ostentatious or performative degree. After his fourth gin and tonic, my father stood up and began waxing eloquent about the importance of family. She never hesitates to wax eloquent about all sorts of social injustices in the world.
See also: eloquent, wax
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

wax eloquent

Fig. to speak with eloquence. Perry never passed up a chance to wax eloquent at a banquet.
See also: eloquent, wax
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • eloquent
  • (all) sweetness and light
  • all sweetness and light
  • sweetness
  • sweetness and light
  • would like
  • would like (to have) (something)
  • tonic
  • gin dive
  • gin mill
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