reach for the moon—(also: reach for the stars) have a high ambition or purpose; try to do smth. impossible:
- Our learning experience was rich and fulfilling and enabled each one of us to reach for the moon in our own way.
reach for the sky—
1. = reach for the moon:
- Thompson was the kind of man that never stopped dreaming and who always reached for the sky.
Cf.: sky is the limit— there is no limit to what a person can achieve:
- They have found that, in terms of both salary and career success, the sky is the limit.
2. (sl.) used (by a gunman) as a command to raise hands (also: reach for the ceiling ):
- Danielson crawled up, jammed his rifle in the enemy’s back and told him to reach for the sky.