📚 Cry for the moon, phrase. ❓ Definition: Ask for what is unattainable or impossible. ❗️ Examples: 1. There must be no more self-pity, no more time wasted on crying for the moon. 2. If she cried for the moon, he'd borrow every ladder in the parish and lash 'em together to get up. 3. When my brother was a baby, he cried for the moon and would not be comforted. 4. When the baby cries for the moon, you do not give him what he wants. 5. I haven't cried for the moon, and have been sensible in my demands; but there has nevertheless been this sense of boredom with everything, with my family and with my work. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic