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How to describe a person who you really admire or appreciate? For example, I like Trevor Noah a lot, and I think he is a very ideal person as a guy/whatever. But I don't think of it romanticly. Just wanna show my admiration to him, for his talents and personalities. kinda like an idol? I guess the feeling is similar to people who are fascinated with some stars. I don't do that though. So what can I say to describe someone in this situation. He's my idol/dream/dreamboat?(not at all personally) Thanks!
May 25, 2020 10:04 AM
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Dream and Dreamboat both suggest that you admire him in a somewhat romantic way.. so probably not those too. :) On the other hand, you could use them with modifiers attached to clarify what you mean. Maybe something like, "Wow, I adore Trevor Noah. He's kind of my idol in a way. I think he's incredibly talented and he's got great comic delivery. I really admire the range of issues he covers on his show and I respect his personality - at least, from the way it comes across to me! I guess you could say he is a bit of a dreamboat but I don't really think he would be my type, romantically speaking!" ;)
May 25, 2020
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