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What does 'He is not much for waxing rhapsodic' mean?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Actually, in this context, "wax" is used with a compliment ("rhapsodic", but it could also be something like "lyrical") and means to speak or write about something in the specified manner (defined by the complement); not to"grow/become" which is a definition applied to a different usage. So, to "wax rhapsodic" means to speak or write about something with an effusively enthusiastic or ecstatic expression of feeling.
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