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Idioms and Phrases

There is no limit (to ambition, aspirations, expense, or the like). For example, Order anything you like on the menu—the sky's the limit tonight , or He's so brilliant he can do anything—the sky's the limit . This metaphoric idiom was first recorded in 1920.
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“The sky’s the limit. The abilities, it’s all there. It sets him up for what could be a historic career.”

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“Now obviously, Sylvia Fowles is right up there, too. But B.G.’s playing a very high level, and hopefully that continues. And I don’t think she’s reached her limit yet. The sky’s the limit. The more she plays, the better she’ll get.”

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According to Sky's The Limit, the number of flights operating in UK airspace is estimated to rise to 3.1 million a year by 2030 from two million in 2015.

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This Blu-ray set offers the last 25 episodes of the critically acclaimed television series that ran from 1987 to 1994 and includes the extended farewell “All Good Things …” Extras include select episode audio commentaries, many deleted scenes and the three-part, roughly 90-minute documentary “The Sky’s the Limit: The Eclipse of Star Trek: The Next Generation” — and will not disappoint.

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The Sky’s the Limit: The Story of the Mercury 13, by Maria Burton, Gabrielle Burton, Ursula Burton and Jennifer Burton: A script, by four sisters, about the female astronauts who were prepared to go into space in NASA’s early days but then kept earthbound due to their gender.

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