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"To claim or desire something that one cannot have."
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"(idiomatic) To claim or desire something that one cannot have."
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"word": "moon on a stick"
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"word": "promise the moon"
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"word": "reach for the moon"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "demanar la lluna"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "pyytää kuuta taivaalta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "demander la lune"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "chiedere la luna"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "voler mólher garias"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "demandar la luna (provençal)"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "voler la mosca blua (gascon)"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "chcieć gwiazdki z nieba"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "pedir o impossível"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "no equivalent term in Russian",
"sense": "Translations"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prosítʹ dostátʹ lunú s néba",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "but see проси́ть доста́ть луну́ с не́ба"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "pedir la luna"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "pedir cotufas en el golfo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "pedir peras al olmo"
}
]
}
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"To claim or desire something that one cannot have."
],
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"(idiomatic) To claim or desire something that one cannot have."
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"translations": [
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "demanar la lluna"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "pyytää kuuta taivaalta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "demander la lune"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "chiedere la luna"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "voler mólher garias"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "demandar la luna (provençal)"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "voler la mosca blua (gascon)"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "chcieć gwiazdki z nieba"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "pedir o impossível"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "no equivalent term in Russian",
"sense": "Translations"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prosítʹ dostátʹ lunú s néba",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "but see проси́ть доста́ть луну́ с не́ба"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "pedir la luna"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "pedir cotufas en el golfo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "pedir peras al olmo"
}
],
"word": "ask for the moon"
}
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