Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To claim or desire something that one cannot have.

    but see проси́ть доста́ть луну́ с не́баprosítʹ dostátʹ lunú s néba

Examples

4 sentences

  1. The teacher asked me how the moon differs from the earth.

    ruПреподаватель спросил меня, чем Луна отличается от Земли. — marafon

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. I'm not asking for the moon.

    Я не прошу зірок з неба. — deniko

    ruЯ не прошу луну с неба. — marafon

    Denizar · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. My son asks for the moon.

    shekitten · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. Ask for the moon and I shall wrest it from the heavens.

    fekundulo · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

6 languages
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By meaning 1
Translations:

Forms

asks for the moon, asking for the moon, asked for the moon, asked for the moon
Base formask for the moon · to ask for the moon
3rd person singularasks for the moon
Present participleasking for the moon
Past simpleasked for the moon
Past participleasked for the moon

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyask for the moon
he, she, itasks for the moon

Past simpleLesson

all personsasked for the moon

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave asked for the moon
he, she, ithas asked for the moon

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill ask for the moon

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
asideB1asinineaskA1askanceaskew

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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