man in the moonn.

Brit.

/ˌman ɪn ðə ˈmuːn/, U.S.

/ˈmæn ən ðə ˈmun/

Forms: see man n.¹ and in prep. and the adj. and moon n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: man n.¹, in prep., the adj., moon n.¹

Etymology: < man n.¹ + in prep. + the adj. + moon n.¹ Inhabitants of the moon were postulated in ancient Greek and Hellenistic Greek texts; for closer analogies to the English phrase, compare German der Mann im Mond, French le visage de la lune, Dutch het mannetje in de maan, and post-classical Latin rusticus in luna; an early and influential attestation of the last from a British source is:c1200–5 A. Neckam De Naturis Rerum (Rolls Ser.) I. xiv. 54 Rusticus in luna, quem sarcina detinet una, Monstrat per spinam nulli prodesse rapinam.

a. An imagined semblance of a man (or a man's face) in the disc of the (full) moon; (hence) the mythical person suggested by this semblance, supposed to dwell in the moon. Also figurative.Patterns seen in the disc of the moon have in the past been variously stylized as a man leaning on a fork and carrying a bundle of sticks, or as a man with his dog and a thorn bush; see Brewer's Dict. Phrase & Fable (1870). In modern times the man in the moon is more usually figured as a man's face, either formed by the disc of the full moon or as a profile formed by the crescent moon.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > [noun] > man-in-the-moon

man in the moona1350

mooned man?1606

a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 69 (MED) Mon in þe mone stond and strit; on is bot-forke is burþen he bereþ.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xxxvij When the quene had heard this frendely mocion (which was as farre from her thought as the man that the rude people saie is in the moone).]

1562 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tounge (new ed.) vi, in Wks. sig. Cciii Wee say (not the woman) the man in the moone.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 137 I was the Man ith' Moone, when time was.

1695 W. Congreve Love for Love ii. i. 24 Thy Wife is a Constellation of Vertues; she's the Moon, and thou art the Man in the Moon.

1744 J. Ralph Astrologer i. i. 7 This telescope..distinguishes the Man in the Moon, as plain as the Saracen's Head in Friday-street.

1765 Hist. Little Goody Two-shoes iii. 99 Advice from the Man in The Moon.

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Specimens of Table Talk (1835) I. 188 Thou stinkest foully. See the man in the moon! he is holding his nose at thee at that distance.

1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 440/2 He tells us that it would be time spent firing at the man in the moon to argue with either of us, as we know nothing.

1919 Outing Mar. 297/3 Once you have had called to your attention this enormous profiled face turned up to the sky,..the resemblance..will be as easy to find as the man in the moon.

1986 ‘L. Cody’ Under Contract xxxiv. 134 Ferdo's man-in-the-moon profile was turned to his right.

1991 Sight & Sound Oct. 4/2 You thought..you could mention even the most famous classic films..in script meetings and not be looked at like the man in the moon.

b. no more than the man in the moon and variants: no more than anyone, not at all.

ΚΠ

1533 J. Heywood Mery Play Pardoner & Frere sig. Biii^v I desyred hym..To holde the peas, tyll that I had done But he wolde here no more than the man in the mone.

1572 Abp. M. Parker Let. 5 Nov. in Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 404 He is no more my kinsman than the man in the moon.

1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. C2^v Which he knows no more then the Man in the Moon.

1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer iv. 49 I know more than you, Friend—You have a foolish Saying, that such a one knows no more than the Man-in-the-Moon.

1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 314 I thought no more of being serious..than I thought of being a Man in the Moon.

1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. vii. 53 I declare, quoth my uncle, I know no more which it is, than the man in the moon.

1805 A. A. Opie Adeline Mowbray I. ii. 30 We knew no more of the stars and planets, than the man in the moon.

1860 W. Collins Woman in White (new ed.) I. 19 How my little bit of dinner slides itself down my throat, I know no more than a man in the moon.

1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch I. xiii. 220 As to all the higher questions.., any glimmering of these can only come from a scientific culture of which country practitioners have usually no more notion than the man in the moon.

1995 P. McCabe Dead School (1996) 200 Tonight she was watching Coronation Street and he was sitting beside her but he was no more interested in Coronation Street than the man in the moon.

†2. figurative. An imaginary person. Obsolete.In the late 19th cent. used humorously as the name of a supposedly unknown person who supplies money for illicit expenditure at elections.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > imaginary persons or creatures

man in the moon1596

Briarean1598

phantasim1598

mooncalf1638

splacknuck1726

Idomenian1764

little green man1802

ring-tailed roarer1828

Belsnickel1830

ice worm1830

catawampus1843

whangdoodle1852

Prince Charming1855

boojum1876

snark1879

Easter rabbit1881

Easter bunny1900

death moth1910

Moomin1950

energy vampire1967

tooth fairy1977

society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > bearing of expenses or charges > one who > for elections

man in the moon1866

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. S3 Non est inuentus: there's no such man to be found; let them that haue the Commission for the Concealments looke after it, or the Man in the Moone put for it.

1621 W. Laud Serm. 19 June 24 It is not now sufficient that the Iewes shall be..conuerted... But these conuerted Iewes must meet out of all Nations: the ten Tribes, as well as the rest... Good God, what a fine people haue we here? Men in the Moone.

1866 John Bull 1 Sept. 584/1 [The witness] created some amusement by his description of Mr. Mum, the man in the moon, who, he said, was a necessary consequence of a Totnes election.

1881 Rep. Oxf. Election Comm., Minutes Evid. 239 One of the first things Mr. M. said to me was, ‘You know I am not a “man in the moon”... I am simply come to see that the money is spent properly’.

1882 Standard 14 Jan. 5/2 Hundreds of highly respectable Parliamentary agents were ready to wink at the presence of the ‘Man in the Moon’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	man in the moon
释义	man in the moonn. Brit. /ˌman ɪn ðə ˈmuːn/, U.S. /ˈmæn ən ðə ˈmun/ Forms: see man n.¹ and in prep. and the adj. and moon n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: man n.¹, in prep., the adj., moon n.¹ Etymology: < man n.¹ + in prep. + the adj. + moon n.¹ Inhabitants of the moon were postulated in ancient Greek and Hellenistic Greek texts; for closer analogies to the English phrase, compare German der Mann im Mond, French le visage de la lune, Dutch het mannetje in de maan, and post-classical Latin rusticus in luna; an early and influential attestation of the last from a British source is:c1200–5 A. Neckam De Naturis Rerum (Rolls Ser.) I. xiv. 54 Rusticus in luna, quem sarcina detinet una, Monstrat per spinam nulli prodesse rapinam. 1. a. An imagined semblance of a man (or a man's face) in the disc of the (full) moon; (hence) the mythical person suggested by this semblance, supposed to dwell in the moon. Also figurative.Patterns seen in the disc of the moon have in the past been variously stylized as a man leaning on a fork and carrying a bundle of sticks, or as a man with his dog and a thorn bush; see Brewer's Dict. Phrase & Fable (1870). In modern times the man in the moon is more usually figured as a man's face, either formed by the disc of the full moon or as a profile formed by the crescent moon. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > [noun] > man-in-the-moon man in the moona1350 mooned man?1606 a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 69 (MED) Mon in þe mone stond and strit; on is bot-forke is burþen he bereþ. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xxxvij When the quene had heard this frendely mocion (which was as farre from her thought as the man that the rude people saie is in the moone).] 1562 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tounge (new ed.) vi, in Wks. sig. Cciii Wee say (not the woman) the man in the moone. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 137 I was the Man ith' Moone, when time was. View more context for this quotation 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love ii. i. 24 Thy Wife is a Constellation of Vertues; she's the Moon, and thou art the Man in the Moon. 1744 J. Ralph Astrologer i. i. 7 This telescope..distinguishes the Man in the Moon, as plain as the Saracen's Head in Friday-street. 1765 Hist. Little Goody Two-shoes iii. 99 Advice from the Man in The Moon. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Specimens of Table Talk (1835) I. 188 Thou stinkest foully. See the man in the moon! he is holding his nose at thee at that distance. 1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 440/2 He tells us that it would be time spent firing at the man in the moon to argue with either of us, as we know nothing. 1919 Outing Mar. 297/3 Once you have had called to your attention this enormous profiled face turned up to the sky,..the resemblance..will be as easy to find as the man in the moon. 1986 ‘L. Cody’ Under Contract xxxiv. 134 Ferdo's man-in-the-moon profile was turned to his right. 1991 Sight & Sound Oct. 4/2 You thought..you could mention even the most famous classic films..in script meetings and not be looked at like the man in the moon. b. no more than the man in the moon and variants: no more than anyone, not at all. ΚΠ 1533 J. Heywood Mery Play Pardoner & Frere sig. Biii^v I desyred hym..To holde the peas, tyll that I had done But he wolde here no more than the man in the mone. 1572 Abp. M. Parker Let. 5 Nov. in Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 404 He is no more my kinsman than the man in the moon. 1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. C2^v Which he knows no more then the Man in the Moon. 1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer iv. 49 I know more than you, Friend—You have a foolish Saying, that such a one knows no more than the Man-in-the-Moon. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 314 I thought no more of being serious..than I thought of being a Man in the Moon. 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. vii. 53 I declare, quoth my uncle, I know no more which it is, than the man in the moon. 1805 A. A. Opie Adeline Mowbray I. ii. 30 We knew no more of the stars and planets, than the man in the moon. 1860 W. Collins Woman in White (new ed.) I. 19 How my little bit of dinner slides itself down my throat, I know no more than a man in the moon. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch I. xiii. 220 As to all the higher questions.., any glimmering of these can only come from a scientific culture of which country practitioners have usually no more notion than the man in the moon. 1995 P. McCabe Dead School (1996) 200 Tonight she was watching Coronation Street and he was sitting beside her but he was no more interested in Coronation Street than the man in the moon. †2. figurative. An imaginary person. Obsolete.In the late 19th cent. used humorously as the name of a supposedly unknown person who supplies money for illicit expenditure at elections. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > imaginary persons or creatures man in the moon1596 Briarean1598 phantasim1598 mooncalf1638 splacknuck1726 Idomenian1764 little green man1802 ring-tailed roarer1828 Belsnickel1830 ice worm1830 catawampus1843 whangdoodle1852 Prince Charming1855 boojum1876 snark1879 Easter rabbit1881 Easter bunny1900 death moth1910 Moomin1950 energy vampire1967 tooth fairy1977 society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > bearing of expenses or charges > one who > for elections man in the moon1866 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. S3 Non est inuentus: there's no such man to be found; let them that haue the Commission for the Concealments looke after it, or the Man in the Moone put for it. 1621 W. Laud Serm. 19 June 24 It is not now sufficient that the Iewes shall be..conuerted... But these conuerted Iewes must meet out of all Nations: the ten Tribes, as well as the rest... Good God, what a fine people haue we here? Men in the Moone. 1866 John Bull 1 Sept. 584/1 [The witness] created some amusement by his description of Mr. Mum, the man in the moon, who, he said, was a necessary consequence of a Totnes election. 1881 Rep. Oxf. Election Comm., Minutes Evid. 239 One of the first things Mr. M. said to me was, ‘You know I am not a “man in the moon”... I am simply come to see that the money is spent properly’. 1882 Standard 14 Jan. 5/2 Hundreds of highly respectable Parliamentary agents were ready to wink at the presence of the ‘Man in the Moon’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1350
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