promite marea cu sarea

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Literally, “to promise the sea with the salt”.

Verb edit

a promite marea cu sarea

(idiomatic) to make wildly exaggerated, unrealistic promises

See also edit

marea cu sarea

Further reading edit

promite marea cu sarea in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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