"the moon on a stick" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "The term describes something that is impossible to obtain.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "?",
        "def": "1",
        "head": "moon on a stick"
      },
      "expansion": "the moon on a stick",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English hyperboles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Moons",
          "orig": "en:Moons",
          "parents": [
            "Celestial bodies",
            "Space",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Donald Clarke, Billie Holiday: Wishing on the Moon",
          "text": "Once I saved twenty-five dollars and bought her a print gown for her birthday, and she was so pleased you'd have thought I'd given her the moon on a stick.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Martin Parker, Utopia and Organization",
          "text": "There is no point in asking for the moon on a stick, but we can produce cheap sticks through a sensible division of labour and sell them with effective market segmentation strategies. Leave the moon for dreamers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Stella Hyde, Tonwen Jones, Snarling Tiger, Dirty Rat",
          "text": "You promise partners the moon on a stick, so that you can snatch it back easily when you change your mind.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Pamela Cotterill, Sue Jackson, Gayle Letherby, Challenges and Negotiations for Women in Higher Education",
          "text": "What more do I want—the moon on a stick of course.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "All that one could desire, especially as an unreasonable demand; everything."
      ],
      "id": "en-the_moon_on_a_stick-en-noun-o9kl0e-W",
      "links": [
        [
          "desire",
          "desire#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "unreasonable",
          "unreasonable"
        ],
        [
          "demand",
          "demand#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "everything",
          "everything"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly US, hyperbolic, idiomatic) All that one could desire, especially as an unreasonable demand; everything."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "ask for the moon"
        },
        {
          "word": "promise the moon"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "excessive",
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "all that one could desire, especially as an unreasonable demand — see also everything",
          "word": "kuu taivaalta"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "all that one could desire, especially as an unreasonable demand — see also everything",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gwiazdka z nieba"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "luná s néba",
          "sense": "all that one could desire, especially as an unreasonable demand — see also everything",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "луна́ с не́ба"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmuːn ɒn ə ˈstɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmun ɑn ə ˈstɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪk"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-moon on a stick.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a5/En-au-moon_on_a_stick.ogg/En-au-moon_on_a_stick.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/En-au-moon_on_a_stick.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "the moon on a stick"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "The term describes something that is impossible to obtain.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "?",
        "def": "1",
        "head": "moon on a stick"
      },
      "expansion": "the moon on a stick",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ask for the moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "promise the moon"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English hyperboles",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Finnish links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪk",
        "en:Moons"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Donald Clarke, Billie Holiday: Wishing on the Moon",
          "text": "Once I saved twenty-five dollars and bought her a print gown for her birthday, and she was so pleased you'd have thought I'd given her the moon on a stick.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Martin Parker, Utopia and Organization",
          "text": "There is no point in asking for the moon on a stick, but we can produce cheap sticks through a sensible division of labour and sell them with effective market segmentation strategies. Leave the moon for dreamers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Stella Hyde, Tonwen Jones, Snarling Tiger, Dirty Rat",
          "text": "You promise partners the moon on a stick, so that you can snatch it back easily when you change your mind.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Pamela Cotterill, Sue Jackson, Gayle Letherby, Challenges and Negotiations for Women in Higher Education",
          "text": "What more do I want—the moon on a stick of course.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "All that one could desire, especially as an unreasonable demand; everything."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "desire",
          "desire#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "unreasonable",
          "unreasonable"
        ],
        [
          "demand",
          "demand#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "everything",
          "everything"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly US, hyperbolic, idiomatic) All that one could desire, especially as an unreasonable demand; everything."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "excessive",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmuːn ɒn ə ˈstɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmun ɑn ə ˈstɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪk"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-moon on a stick.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a5/En-au-moon_on_a_stick.ogg/En-au-moon_on_a_stick.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/En-au-moon_on_a_stick.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "all that one could desire, especially as an unreasonable demand — see also everything",
      "word": "kuu taivaalta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "all that one could desire, especially as an unreasonable demand — see also everything",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gwiazdka z nieba"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "luná s néba",
      "sense": "all that one could desire, especially as an unreasonable demand — see also everything",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "луна́ с не́ба"
    }
  ],
  "word": "the moon on a stick"
}