promise the moon
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promise the moon (third-person singular simple present promises the moon, present participle promising the moon, simple past and past participle promised the moon)
- (informal, figuratively) To make promises that are impossible to fulfill.
- Synonyms: promise the earth, promise the stars, promise the world
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- “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 Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “promise the moon”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.