sky

blow something sky-high destroy something completely in an explosion. informal

gone to the big (or great) - in the sky having died. informal euphemistic

☞ The open slot is filled by the name of a place or milieu typically occupied by the deceased in life.

2004DVD Verdict Harold's pet goldfish has gone to the great fish bowl in the sky, but our favorite toddler doesn't grasp the meaning of death.

out of a clear (blue) sky: seeclear.

pie in the sky: seepie.

the sky is the limit there is practically no limit.

2014Daily Telegraph On Wednesday, at a school in Soweto, she focused on her other policy plank, telling 400 children: 'The sky is the limit if you work hard.'

to the skies very highly; enthusiastically.

1989Gay DalyPre-Raphaelites in Love Gabriel wrote to his little sister praising Lizzie to the skies.