worship the ground someone walks on

== English == === Etymology === First attested in 1848. === Pronunciation === enPR: wûr′shĭp thə ground sŭm′wŭn′ wôks ŏn, -sŭm′wən-, -ôn (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɜː.ʃɪp ðə ɡɹaʊ̯nd ˈsʌmˌwʌn wɔːks ɒn/, /-ˈsʌm.wən-/, (today or older) /-ɔːn/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): (cot–caught merger) /ˈwɜɹ.ʃɪp ðə ɡɹaʊ̯nd ˈsʌmˌwʌn wɑks ɑn/, /-ˈsʌm.wən-/ (General American) IPA(key): (without the cot–caught merger) /-wɔks ɔn/ (Canada) IPA(key): (without the cot–caught merger) /-wɒks ɒn/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈwɜː.ʃɪp ðə ɡɹæɔ̯nd ˈsɐmˌwɐn woːks ɔn/, /-ˈsɐm.wən-/, /-oːn/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈwøː.ʃəp ðə ɡɹæʊ̯nd ˈsɐmˌwɐn woːks ɒn/, /-ˈsɐm.wən-/, /-oːn/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈwʌɹ.ʃɪp ðə ɡɹʌʊ̯nd ˈsʌmˌwʌn wɔks ɔn/, /-ˈsʌm.wən-/ (India) IPA(key): /ˈwʌɹ.ʃɪp ðə ɡɹʌʊ̯nd ˈsʌmˌwʌn wɔks ɔn/, /-ˈsʌm.wən-/ Hyphenation: wor‧ship the ground some‧one walks on === Verb === worship the ground someone walks on (third-person singular simple present worships the ground someone walks on, present participle (US) worshiping the ground someone walks on or (UK) worshipping the ground someone walks on, simple past and past participle (US) worshiped the ground someone walked on or (UK) worshipped the ground someone walked on) (idiomatic, hyperbolic) To admire or adore someone to excess. === See also === drink someone's bathwater put on a pedestal === References === === Further reading === “worship the ground someone walks on, idiom”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.