promise sb the earth/moon
informalto say that you will do much greater things than you will ever be able to achieve:
Like most governments in their first term of office, they promised the earth.
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Making & breaking promises & commitments
- betray
- broken
- commit
- cross my heart (and hope to die) idiom
- deliver
- fink
- fink out
- guarantee
- New Year's resolution
- oath
- promises, promises! idiom
- redeem
- resolution
- scout
- sworn
- vouch
- vouch for sth/sb
- warrant
- warranty
- welsh
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