dizzy heights
1. An impressive level of success. "Dizzying heights" is a more common version of the phrase. Primarily heard in UK. Your company will never reach such dizzy heights if you don't devote your full attention to it. Reaching, and often surpassing, the dizzy heights of her first novel, this is a remarkable final offering from the accomplished author. No one expected you to take this enterprise to the dizzy heights of your father, but how could you completely destroy it?
2. A high or extreme degree of something. Primarily heard in UK. Why are our profits now so much lower than the dizzy heights they reached last month? Ah, he's going through a typical sophomore slump. Come on, you can't expect every player to recreate the dizzy heights of their Rookie of the Year campaign. The company is doomed if our sales this quarter don't hit dizzy heights.
dizzy with a dame
old-fashioned Obsessed or preoccupied with a woman, usually romantically. I hardly see Paul at all these days—he must be dizzy with a dame or something. A: "Where's your brother been?" B: "I suspect he's dizzy with a dame but doesn't want our parents to know yet." Listen, never let your life revolve around some woman. The last time I was dizzy with a dame like that, I did a lot of stupid things I regret.
dizzying heights
1. An impressive level of success. Your company will never reach such dizzying heights if you don't devote your full attention to it. Reaching, and often surpassing, the dizzying heights of her first novel, this is a remarkable final offering from the accomplished author. No one expected you to take this enterprise to the dizzying heights of your father, but how could you completely destroy it?
2. A high or extreme degree of something. Why are our profits now so much lower than the dizzying heights they reached last month? Ah, he's going through a typical sophomore slump. Come on, you can't expect every player to recreate the dizzying heights of their Rookie of the Year campaign. The company is doomed if our sales this quarter don't hit dizzying heights.
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dizzy heights
BRITISH or dizzying heights
COMMON
1. You use dizzy heights or dizzying heights to talk about a very high level of success. She had first known such dizzy heights in the 1960's when she became one of the top exponents of black American music. She was a poor girl propelled to the dizzying heights of fame by a group of powerful agents. Note: This expression is sometimes used ironically to say that someone has not achieved very much at all. After three and a half years, I had reached the dizzy heights of assistant account handler.
2. You use dizzy heights or dizzying heights to talk about a very high amount or level of something. The Dow Jones has scaled the dizzy heights to reach 10,000. The cost of oil imports reached dizzying heights before falling back and rising again in 1990. Note: This expression is sometimes used ironically to say that something is not at a very high level. The meat content of the pie can soar to the dizzy heights of 25 per cent.
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012