Evelyn Nguyen
2021-01-07 02:01
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.
How's it going?; how are you?
Used on notices to mean that to seek for more information, you should come inside and ask
Don't ask me questions about that topic because I will probably lie.
Used to say that someone begins asking for something without intending to give anything in exchange.
The verb "ask/cry" should be conjugated according to its tense.
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”.
Do you see anything wrong?
Clear
