promise the moon

promise (one) the moon

To promise one something that cannot be done. Your clients will come to distrust you if you keep promising them the moon.See also: moon, promise

promise the moon (to someone)

and promise someone the moonto make extravagant promises to someone. Bill will promise you the moon, but he won't live up to his promises. My boss promised the moon, but never gave me a raise.See also: moon, promise

promise the moon

If someone promises the moon, they promise to do or give things that they cannot in fact give. Politicians promise the moon at election time, but do they deliver once they're elected?See also: moon, promise

promise (somebody) the ˈmoon/ˈearth/ˈworld

(informal) make very big or impossible promises that you are unlikely to keep: He promised her the moon, but after ten years of marriage they hardly had enough to live on.See also: earth, moon, promise, world

单词	promise the moon
释义	DictionarySeepromise promise the moon promise (one) the moon To promise one something that cannot be done. Your clients will come to distrust you if you keep promising them the moon.See also: moon, promise promise the moon (to someone) and promise someone the moonto make extravagant promises to someone. Bill will promise you the moon, but he won't live up to his promises. My boss promised the moon, but never gave me a raise.See also: moon, promise promise the moon If someone promises the moon, they promise to do or give things that they cannot in fact give. Politicians promise the moon at election time, but do they deliver once they're elected?See also: moon, promise promise (somebody) the ˈmoon/ˈearth/ˈworld (informal) make very big or impossible promises that you are unlikely to keep: He promised her the moon, but after ten years of marriage they hardly had enough to live on.See also: earth, moon, promise, world MedicalSeePROMISELegalSeePromise
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