MOON PHRASES To shoot for the moon: To be very ambitious. Over the moon: Delighted about something - maybe shooting for the Moon proved successful! Crying for the moon: Longing for what is beyond reach, The French have a similar expression, Il veut prendre la lune avec les dents, meaning he wants to take the Moon between his teeth, from the old story about the Moon being made of green cheese. Its all Moonshine: Its nonsense, imagination, caused by the effects of the Moon on the mind. I know as much about it as the Man In The Moon: I know nothing. For moonshine in the water: For nothing. The Moon is made of green cheese: A term from the sixteenth century. Green refers not to the color of the moon, but to new immature cheese. Round like the shape of the moon with a mottled surface and color similar to that of the moon Moon about: To wander listlessly, especially if in love. Once in a blue Moon: Very, very, rarely! To Moon Over: To think about something or someone. To the moon, Alice! - Famous threat used by Ralph Cramden (Jackie Gleason) to his wife Alice. Minions of the Moon: Night-time thieves. Also known as Moons men, and particularly referring to highwaymen. To find an elephant in the Moon: Something that seems like a great discovery, but is not! The phrase came about when a seventeenth century man proclaimed with much pride that he had discovered an elephant on the Moon. It turned out that a mouse had crept into his telescope, and he had mistaken it for an elephant. The man in the Moon: Said by some to be a man carrying a bundle of sticks collected on the Sabbath. Some say he also has a dog with him. Another version is that the man is actually Cain, with his dog and thorn-bush. The thorns symbolize the fall, and the dog represents the foul, animal sideof man. He has also been said to be Endymion, taken to the Moon by Diana. Also meaning to see human face-like features on the moons surface. Dianas Worshipers: A name given to midnight revelers. They come home by moonlight, and so put themselves under her protection. Casting beyond the Moon: To make wild speculations. https://youtube/watch?v=DZs6wWEDR2g
Posted on: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 07:06:10 +0000
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