Meaning of ask the impossible | Babel Free

Definitions

To request or expect something that is too difficult.

Equivalents

Examples

“We ask the impossible of our law enforcement agencies, we ask the impossible of our health and rehabilitative agencies, and we confuse the public even further.”

“To ask too much now would be to ask the impossible.”

“What I ask is, will you use your influence within your Party? I do not ask the impossible, though I might from you, for you have done the impossible.”

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