shoot the moon
Example Sentences
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Perhaps best of all, there are phenomenal photography opportunities to shoot the moon in conjunction with the iconic memorials lining the Mall.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2022
Instead of piecemeal revision or repeal of some provisions of Taft-Hartley, he says, “why not just shoot the moon: Get rid of this awful law!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2019
The outlook for pancreatic cancer is so poor, and the established treatments so useless, that any patient who has the disease might as well shoot the moon with new, untested therapies.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2012
Once when the late Bill Knudsen saw one of Curtice's sales forecasts, he muttered: "Well, by Got, you can't shoot the moon unless you see it first, you know."
From Time Magazine Archive
Did you ever notice," said Jack, in a lazy tone, just as if he didn't want to tell a yarn—"Did you ever notice that people always shoot the moon when there's no moon?
From While the Billy Boils by Lawson, Henry
