obiecać złote góry

== Polish == === Etymology === Literally, “to promise gold mines”, with a fossilized meaning of góra; however, now more likely to be understood as “to promise golden mountains”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔˈbjɛ.t͡sat͡ɕ ˈzwɔ.tɛ ˈɡu.rɘ/ Syllabification: o‧bie‧cać zło‧te gó‧ry === Verb === obiecać złote góry pf (imperfective obiecywać złote góry) (intransitive, colloquial, idiomatic) to promise the moon (to promise something impossible; to make a promise which one does not intend to fulfill; to make wildly exaggerated, unrealistic promises) ==== Conjugation ==== === References === === Further reading === “ktoś obiecał złote góry”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “obiecać złote góry”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)