Ask For The Moon Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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ask for the moon What does ask for the moon mean?	to ask for too much	The woman asks for the moon but is never able to get what she wants.
ask for the moon What does ask for the moon mean?	to ask for too much	The woman is asking for the moon. She will never get what she wants.
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spook What does "spook" mean?	spy; espionage agent

hop to it What does "hop to it" mean?	get started, start a job	We must hop to it and try to finish this job before dinner.
bark up the wrong tree What does "bark up the wrong tree" mean?	to make a wrong assumption about something	The police are barking up the wrong tree in their investigation of the criminal.
mark time What does "mark time" mean?	be idle, wait for something to happen	He has been marking time for over a month now as he waits to hear about the new job.
have one's work cut out for one What does "have one's work cut out for one" mean?	have a large and difficult task to do	We had our work cut out for us when we began to paint the house.
treadhead What does "treadhead" mean?	tank driver or crewman; soldier whose specialty is armor
take a dim view of (something) What does "take a dim view of (something)" mean?	to be against something, to disapprove of something	Our company takes a dim view of people who do not wear a suit and tie.
one of the boys What does "one of the boys" mean?	an accepted member of a group	Our boss tries to be one of the boys but actually nobody likes him.
a stranger to (someone or something or somewhere) What does "a stranger to (someone or something or somewhere)" mean?	someone who is new and unknown to a person/place/thing	The man is a stranger to computers and does not know anything about them.
Reduce to ashes What does "Reduce to ashes" mean?	If something is reduced to ashes, it is destroyed or made useless. His infidelities reduced their relationship to ashes.

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Ask For The Moon Idiom