What does the sky is the limit mean?

the sky is the limit

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.41 in modern English

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proverb

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

the sky's the limit (alternative)

sky's-the-limit out of the question reach for the sky shoot the moon

out of the question reach for the sky shoot the moon

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