the sky is the limit

proverb

Nothing is impossible or out of reach.

“If you have a refrigerator and a microwave at work, then the sky is the limit for what you can put in your lunchbox.”

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Meanings

proverb

alternative the sky's the limit

  1. Nothing is impossible or out of reach.

    If you have a refrigerator and a microwave at work, then the sky is the limit for what you can put in your lunchbox.

    1 more example

    “I think the hidden mantra of British life is still ‘know your place’. Whereas over there [the US], it's ‘the sky's the limit’.”

    2026 January 31, Danny Leigh, quoting Riz Ahmed, “Lunch with the FT: Riz Ahmed”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3

Translations

Dutch alles kan
  • alles kannothing is out of reach
French rien n'est impossible
  • rien n'est impossiblenothing is out of reach
Hungarian a határ a csillagos ég
  • a határ a csillagos égnothing is out of reach
Icelandic það eru engin takmörk
  • það eru engin takmörknothing is out of reach
Italian niente è impossibile
  • niente è impossibilenothing is out of reach
Portuguese o céu é o limite
  • o céu é o limitenothing is out of reach
Spanish el cielo es el límite, nada es imposible
  • el cielo es el límitenothing is out of reach
  • nada es imposiblenothing is out of reach
  • no hay límitenothing is out of reach
Cite this entry
APA

the sky is the limit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20sky%20is%20the%20limit

MLA

“the sky is the limit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20sky%20is%20the%20limit. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “the sky is the limit,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20sky%20is%20the%20limit.

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