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"forms": [
{
"form": "promises the moon",
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},
{
"form": "promising the moon",
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"participle",
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},
{
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"glosses": [
"To make promises that are impossible to fulfill."
],
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"(informal, figuratively) To make promises that are impossible to fulfill."
],
"related": [
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"word": "ask for the moon"
},
{
"word": "moon on a stick"
},
{
"word": "reach for the moon"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "promise the earth"
},
{
"word": "promise the stars"
},
{
"word": "promise the world"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
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"translations": [
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "slibovat modré z nebe"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "naslibovat modré z nebe"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "loze beloftes doen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "luvata kuu taivaalta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "promettre monts et merveilles"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "promettre la lune"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "obiecywać złote góry"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "obiecać złote góry"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "obiecywać gruszki na wierzbie"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sulítʹ lunú",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "сули́ть луну́"
}
]
}
],
"word": "promise the moon"
}
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{
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"pos": "verb",
"related": [
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"word": "ask for the moon"
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"word": "moon on a stick"
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"word": "reach for the moon"
}
],
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"glosses": [
"To make promises that are impossible to fulfill."
],
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[
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"impossible"
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"(informal, figuratively) To make promises that are impossible to fulfill."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "promise the earth"
},
{
"word": "promise the stars"
},
{
"word": "promise the world"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"informal"
]
}
],
"translations": [
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "slibovat modré z nebe"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "naslibovat modré z nebe"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "loze beloftes doen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "luvata kuu taivaalta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "promettre monts et merveilles"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "promettre la lune"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "obiecywać złote góry"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "obiecać złote góry"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "obiecywać gruszki na wierzbie"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sulítʹ lunú",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "сули́ть луну́"
}
],
"word": "promise the moon"
}
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