to promise sb the earth or the moon

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• promise someone the moon — promise someone the moon/earth/ phrase to make a promise that you are unlikely to be able to keep Thesaurus: to make a promisesynonym Main entry: promise * * * promise (someone) the moon see ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• promise someone the moon — promise (someone) the moon British, American & Australian, British & Australian to promise something impossible. He had promised her the earth but five years later they were still living in the same small house …   New idioms dictionary

• promise (somebody) the moon — promise (sb) the ˈearth/ˈmoon/ˈworld idiom (informal) to make promises that will be impossible to keep • Politicians promise the earth before an election, but things are different afterwards. Main entry: ↑promiseidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• promise someone the earth — promise someone the moon/earth/ phrase to make a promise that you are unlikely to be able to keep Thesaurus: to make a promisesynonym Main entry: promise * * * promise someone the earth see ↑promise …   Useful english dictionary

• promise the moon — promise (someone) the moon British, American & Australian, British & Australian to promise something impossible. He had promised her the earth but five years later they were still living in the same small house …   New idioms dictionary

• promise someone the stars/moon/earth/world — promise (someone) the stars/moon/earth/world : to promise (someone) that you will do or give something great or wonderful even though it is not possible He promised her the stars and the moon, but he never even bought her flowers. Politicians… …   Useful english dictionary

• promise (somebody) the earth — promise (sb) the ˈearth/ˈmoon/ˈworld idiom (informal) to make promises that will be impossible to keep • Politicians promise the earth before an election, but things are different afterwards. Main entry: ↑promiseidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• promise (somebody) the world — promise (sb) the ˈearth/ˈmoon/ˈworld idiom (informal) to make promises that will be impossible to keep • Politicians promise the earth before an election, but things are different afterwards. Main entry: ↑promiseidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• The Man Who Sold the Moon — Cover of Shasta edition collection The Man Who Sold the Moon is a science fiction novella by Robert A. Heinlein written in 1949 and published in 1950. A part of his Future History and prequel to Requiem , it covers events around a fictional first …   Wikipedia

• Day of the Moon — 214b – Day of the Moon Doctor Who episode Cast Doctor Matt Smith (Eleventh Doctor) …   Wikipedia

• moon — 1 noun 1 the moon the round object that you can see shining in the sky at night, and that moves around the Earth every 28 days: the first man on the moon 2 (singular) the shape of this object as it appears at a particular time: a crescent moon |… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English