suntok sa buwan

Tagalog

Etymology

Literally, “a punch to the moon”, first attested in the late 1970s.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /sunˌtok sa buˈan/ [sʊn̪ˌt̪ok sɐ ˈbwan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: sun‧tok sa bu‧wan

Noun

suntók sa buwán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜃ᜔ ᜐ ᜊᜓᜏᜈ᜔)

1. (idiomatic) act which expects no good outcome; seemingly impossible task