hanging the moon

Verb

hang the moon (third-person singular simple present hangs the moon, present participle hanging the moon, simple past and past participle hung the moon)

1. (US, idiomatic) To place the moon in the sky: used as an example of a superlative act attributed to someone viewed with uncritical or excessive awe, reverence, or infatuation.
   • "Everybody in the 8th Wing thinks he hung the moon," says one of Olds's aviators. "We'd follow him anywhere."1967 June 2, “The Old Man and the MIGs”, in Time