asked for the moon
Wanted too much
To ask for the moon is to make an unreasonable demand or request something that's impossible to provide.
The phrase typically appears in negative constructions emphasizing that a request is actually quite modest: I'm not asking for the moon—just a little help around the house.
Someone who asks for the moon wants far more than circumstances can deliver, like a child demanding the literal moon as a toy.
- pie in the skyUnrealistic hope or plan
- castles in the airFanciful, impractical schemes
- reach for the starsPursue ambitious goals
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- chasing rainbowsPursuing unrealistic goals
pie in the sky thinking · wild goose chase · a bridge too far · tall order · ambition · dream · wistfulness · wishful thinking · disappointment · grandiosity · tilting at windmills · fool's errand · out of reach · frustration · overreaching · fantasy · hope · yearning