🗓️ Idiom: A Moonshot (n)
💬 Meaning
- A very ambitious project or idea with a small chance of success.
- It means trying something bold, risky, and innovative that could lead to big results.
🧠 Example Sentences
- Their plan to build a fully self-driving car was a moonshot, but they went for it.
- The new startup’s idea sounded like a moonshot, but investors were still interested.
- In innovation, sometimes taking a moonshot leads to major breakthroughs.
🏛️ Origin
The idiom comes from the U.S. Apollo space program that landed humans on the moon in 1969. At the time, it was seen as an impossible mission. Now, the term is used to describe bold and high-risk projects, especially in tech and innovation.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
Launching a completely new product in just one month was __________.
Answer
a moonshot
2. Choose the correct meaning of “a moonshot”:
A) A project with low risk
B) A simple improvement
C) A very bold and risky project
D) A plan that avoids change
Answer
C) A very bold and risky project
3. Rewrite the sentence using the idiom:
“Their idea was extremely ambitious and had a small chance of success.” → Change the sentence using: a moonshot
Answer
Their idea was a moonshot.
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