"promettre la lune" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Français]

IPA: \pʁɔ.mɛtʁ la lyn\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-promettre la lune.wav
  1. Faire une promesse impossible à tenir. Tags: familiar
    Sense id: fr-promettre_la_lune-fr-verb-WBIckzNx Categories (other): Exemples en français, Termes familiers en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: promettre monts et merveilles, promettre plus de beurre que de pain Translations: jemandem das Blaue vom Himmel versprechen (Allemand), وعده سر خرمن دادن (Persan), وعده غیر ممکن دادن (Persan), وعده محال دادن (Persan)
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          "ref": "Pierre Hervé, La Libération trahie, éd. Grasset, 1945, p. 92",
          "text": "Il y a le commandant de la garnison qui surveille du coin de l'œil les tourlourous qui pourraient passer sans le saluer sur l'esplanade, le curé qui discute avec la femme du notaire de la marche de ses bonnes œuvres, le député qui serre des mains à la ronde et promet la lune à ses concitoyens."
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      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "jemandem das Blaue vom Himmel versprechen"
    },
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      "lang_code": "fa",
      "word": "وعده سر خرمن دادن"
    },
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      "word": "وعده غیر ممکن دادن"
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      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "jemandem das Blaue vom Himmel versprechen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Persan",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "word": "وعده سر خرمن دادن"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Persan",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "word": "وعده غیر ممکن دادن"
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      "word": "وعده محال دادن"
    }
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