To promise the moon 向（某人）作無(wú)法兌現(xiàn)的承諾
2023-03-23 16:26:13 每日學(xué)英語(yǔ)
to promise the moon直譯的意思是：向某人許諾月亮。其實(shí)這里的月亮和不切實(shí)際同義，即向（某人）作無(wú)法兌現(xiàn)的承諾；作出過(guò)度承諾。
【例句】
My husband promised me the moon when we got married: a big mansion, a flashy car and all the diamonds I could wear. But none of it happened!
我的丈夫在我們結(jié)婚時(shí)向我承諾：一座大豪宅、一輛華麗的汽車和所有我可以佩戴的鉆石。但這一切都沒(méi)有發(fā)生！
Greece is right to promise the moon, to gain the time to eliminate its primary deficit more smoothly.
希臘作出難以兌現(xiàn)的承諾，以便贏取時(shí)間更平穩(wěn)地消除其基本赤字，這種做法沒(méi)錯(cuò)。