ask for the moon en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To claim or desire something that one cannot have.
Major publishers think they are taking enough risk by simply publishing gay material. To want them to publish challenging, original gay books is asking them for the moon when they think they're already giving us the stars.
1987 February 1, T. R. Witomski, “Zeitgeist or Poltergeist? Why Gay Books Are So Bad”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 28, page 8:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| asking for the moon | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| asks for the moon | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| asked for the moon | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| asked for the moon | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Relateds
moon on a stick · ask the impossible · promise the moon · shoot for the moon · reach for the moon
Translations (13)
es pedir la luna (Translations) · fi pyytää kuuta taivaalta (Translations) · es pedir peras al olmo (Translations) · pt pedir o impossível (Translations) · ca demanar la lluna (Translations) · pl chcieć gwiazdki z nieba (Translations) · fr demander la lune (Translations) · it chiedere la luna (Translations) · oc voler la mosca blua (gascon) (Translations) · oc voler mólher garias (Translations) · es pedir cotufas en el golfo (Translations) · oc demandar la luna (provençal) (Translations) · ru but see проси́ть доста́ть луну́ с не́ба (Translations)