Ask, cry, etc. for the moon In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "ask, cry, etc. for the moon", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Evelyn Nguyen

2021-01-07 02:01

Meaning of Ask, cry, etc. for the moon

Ask, cry, etc. for the moon hyperbole informal

To ask for or request something that is extraordinary or unreasonable to achieve

$3,000 for her party? Helen is asking for the moon.

The employees say they just want to be paid what they're worth. They're not crying for the moon.

Is it asking for the moon to hope for gender equality?

Focus on learning and stop asking for the moon.

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How’s it hanging?

How's it going?; how are you?

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Used on notices to mean that to seek for more information, you should come inside and ask

How Now Brown Cow

A playful greeting. Lighthearted way of asking "What's up?", "What's next?"

ask me no questions, (and) I'll tell you no lies

Don't ask me questions about that topic because I will probably lie.

go on the scrounge (for something)

Used to say that someone begins asking for something without intending to give anything in exchange.

Grammar and Usage of Ask, cry, etc. for the moon

Verb Forms

asks,cries, etc. for the moon
asked, cried, etc. for the moon
asking, crying, etc. for the moon

The verb "ask/cry" should be conjugated according to its tense.

Origin of Ask, cry, etc. for the moon

This idiom appeared in the middle of the 18th century: in Charles Dickens’ Bleak House (1852): “cry for the moon” and in William Makepeace Thackeray’s Lovell the Widower (1860): “wish for the moon”.