英语词汇“to ask for the moon”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P3. to ask (also cry, wish, etc.) for the moon and variants: to demand or wish for the unattainable.to bark against the moon: see bark v.¹ 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > impossibility > desire the impossible [phrase]

to ask (also cry, wish, etc.) for the moon1550

1550 N. Udall Answer to Commoners of Devonshire & Cornwall in N. Pocock Troubles connected with Prayer Bk. of 1549 (1884) 178 They will cry to have a piece of the moon.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iv. 86 I babbled for you, as babies for the moon.

1853 C. Dickens Bleak House vi. 49 He was a mere child in the world, but he didn't cry for the moon.

1860 W. M. Thackeray Lovel (1861) v. 196 I might as well wish for the moon as hope to get her.

1930 J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement vi. 307 That was not asking much, and yet..he could not help thinking it was really like asking for the moon.

1972 Accountant 5 Oct. 410/1 To hope for equity or justice in any such scheme is to cry for the moon.

1991 Dateline Mag. Jan. 34/1 (advt.) Some of us ask for the moon, but all I want is love and companionship.

单词	to ask for the moon
释义	> as lemmas to ask (also cry, wish, etc.) for the moon P3. to ask (also cry, wish, etc.) for the moon and variants: to demand or wish for the unattainable.to bark against the moon: see bark v.¹ 2a. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > impossibility > desire the impossible [phrase] to ask (also cry, wish, etc.) for the moon1550 1550 N. Udall Answer to Commoners of Devonshire & Cornwall in N. Pocock Troubles connected with Prayer Bk. of 1549 (1884) 178 They will cry to have a piece of the moon. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iv. 86 I babbled for you, as babies for the moon. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House vi. 49 He was a mere child in the world, but he didn't cry for the moon. 1860 W. M. Thackeray Lovel (1861) v. 196 I might as well wish for the moon as hope to get her. 1930 J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement vi. 307 That was not asking much, and yet..he could not help thinking it was really like asking for the moon. 1972 Accountant 5 Oct. 410/1 To hope for equity or justice in any such scheme is to cry for the moon. 1991 Dateline Mag. Jan. 34/1 (advt.) Some of us ask for the moon, but all I want is love and companionship. extracted from moonn.¹ < as lemmas
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