promise the moon
English
Verb
promise the moon
- (informal, figuratively) to make promises that are impossible to fulfill
- Synonyms: promise the earth, promise the stars, promise the world
Translations
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See also
- ask for the moon
References
- “promise somebody the moon the earth” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “promise someone the moon earth” (US) / “promise someone the moon earth” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “promise sb the earth moon” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- “promise the moon” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.