/pʁɔ.mɛ.tʁə la lyn/FRANSIZCA → TR
Tanım
•to promise the moon, to promise the earth, to promise the stars (to make promises that are impossible to uphold)
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to promise the moon (to promise something impossible; to make a promise which one does not intend to fulfill; to make wildly exaggerated, unrealistic promises)
köken: Literally, “to promise gold mines”, with a fossilized meaning of góra; however, now more likely to be understood as “to promise golden mountains”.
to make wildly exaggerated, unrealistic promises
köken: Literally, “to promise the sea with the salt”.