pedir peras al olmo

Spanish

Verb

pedir peras al olmo (first-person singular present pido peras al olmo, first-person singular preterite pedí peras al olmo, past participle pedido peras al olmo)

1. (idiomatic) to ask for the moon

   Synonym: pedir la luna

Further reading

• “pedir peras al olmo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28