3the sky’s the limitspoken used to say that there is no limit to what someone can achieve, spend, win etc 〔花费〕没有上限;〔成就、成绩等〕不可限量
Francis believes the sky’s the limit for the young goalkeeper.
弗朗西斯认为,这名年轻的守门员前途不可限量。
Examples from the Corpus
the sky’s the limit• We try to make our engineers feel that the sky's the limit when it comes to what they can design.• Pick out whatever you want - the sky's the limit.
nleaden/lowering literary (=with a lot of grey cloud)
The leaden skies cleared and the sun came out.
a starry sky (=with a lot of stars) 星空
nWe had dinner on the terrace under a beautiful starry sky.
the darkening sky (=becoming darker) 暗下来的天空
nBenjamin stared up at the darkening sky.
nthe lightening sky (=becoming lighter)
A plane flew across the lightening sky.
the night/evening/morning sky 夜晚/傍晚/早晨的天空
nThe moon is the brightest object visible in the night sky.
the summer/winter sky 夏日/冬日的天空
nHer eyes were as blue as the summer sky.
the open sky (=a large area of sky) 广阔的天空
nThey lay on the ground under the open sky.
na big sky (=a sky that looks large)
Montana is still a land of big skies.
verbs
the sky darkens 天空暗下来
The sky darkened and thunder rolled in from the west.
天色变暗,雷声从西面滚滚而来。
the sky clouds over (=clouds appear) 天空中云层密布
The sky was beginning to cloud over.
天空中开始云层密布。
the sky clears (=the clouds disappear) 天空放晴
nBy dawn the sky had cleared.
Examples from the Corpus
sky• She ran through the last few streets and saw with relief the familiartall building rising against the night sky.• Just being in the same sky with them made me nervous.• We all share the same sky and the same passion, which is to see our jointprojects take to the air.• Yolanda looks up at the sky.• The darker the sky, the better chance of seeing the comet, he said.• The island has no roads, one cellularphone and a fresh water supply that comes from the sky.• The rocketshot up into the sky.• Two searchlights came on, brilliantsticks of light, prodding the sky.• The sky turned dark just before the storm.• The sky is full of tearstonight.
in the sky• Seconds later sunlightflashed on metal and the aircraft appeared in the skies above them.• A twilightSaturday show will feature light displaysin the skies.• There is menacein the sky.• The next he knew there was a shapein the sky to his left, moving fast towards him a little from below.• Everything was new to me: every smell was strange, every star in the sky seemed unfamiliar.• Perfect streets, but up in the sky.• I can not locate the bird, but I have the impression it is flying continuously high up in the sky.• When the shinysilver B-29s were in the sky, we children ran inside our homes immediately.