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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]

andpromise 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

See also:

• promise [one] the moon
• promise someone the moon
• promise the moon/earth/world
• breach of promise
• keep [one's] promise
• a promise is a promise
• keep a promise
• be over the moon
• over the moon
• man in the moon, [no more than] the

promise the moon

mentally alert, ready to do something Before the elections the politicians were promising everyone the moon but when they were elected they began to talk differently.

promise the moon|moon|promise

v. phr. To promise something impossible. A politician who promises the moon during a campaign loses the voters' respect. I can't promise you the moon, but I'll do the best job I can.
Compare: ASK FOR THE MOON.