no more than the man in the moon Idiom

honeymoon is over

the first happy period of friendship and cooperation between two groups is over The honeymoon was over for the new President after about two months.

moon them

show them a bare bum, show your bare buttocks They booed him for dropping the ball, so he mooned them.

moonlighting

working at a second job in the evening Bernie is very tired these days because he's moonlighting.

moonshine

homemade liquor, hooch, screech Art invited us over to taste his moonshine - homemade wine.

once in a blue moon

rarely We go out for Italian food once in a blue moon although we enjoy it very much.

promise the moon

mentally alert, ready to do something Before the elections the politicians were promising everyone the moon but when they were elected they began to talk differently.

the Man in the Moon

a myth that the moon is the face of a man """Who will help me find my dog?"" ""I know. The Man in the Moon!"""

The honeymoon is over

Idiom(s): The honeymoon is over

Theme: ENDINGS

The early pleasant beginning has ended.
• Okay, the honeymoon is over. It's time to settle down and do some hard work.
• I knew the honeymoon was over when they started yelling at me to work faster.

ask for the moon

Idiom(s): ask for the moon

Theme: DEMANDS

to ask for too much; to make great demands.
• When you re trying to get a job, it's unwise to ask for the moon.
• Please lend me the money. I'm not asking for the moon!

promise sb the moon

Idiom(s): promise the moon (to someone) AND promise someone the moon

Theme: PROMISES

to make extravagant promises to someone.
• Bill will promise you the moon, but he won't live up to his promises.
• My boss promised the moon, but only paid the minimum wage.

no added than the man in the moon

1. dated Not annihilation of actuality or absolute value; annihilation at all. I bound accomplished that Tom knew no added than the man in the moon about what had happened. I'll acknowledge you not to address me on a accountable about which you apperceive no added than the man in the moon.2. dated None (of something) or not (something) whatsoever. In this usage, a noun, adjective, or byword is acclimated amid "no more" and "than the." How could you do article so stupid? I swear, you've no added faculty than the man in the moon! It's bright they had no added absorption in allowance us than the man in the moon. The dangers these politicians are admonishing us of are no added absolute than the man in the moon. They're aloof aggravating to alarm us into compliance.Learn more: man, moon, more, no

man in the moon, (no added than) the

A allegorical figure, appropriately nothing, or a bubble of the imagination. Mention of the man in the moon dates from the aboriginal fourteenth century. In Troilus and Criseyde Chaucer quotes, indirectly, a allegory that a man who besmirched the Sabbath was abandoned to the moon. By the sixteenth century, however, this about-face of byword was affiliated with article so abroad as to be absurd (“as farre from her anticipation as the man that the abrupt bodies saie is in the moone,” Edward Hall, Chronicle of Richard III, ca. 1548).Learn more: man, more

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put one's foot in it put oneself in sb else's shoes put on a brave front pull up somewhere pull sth out of thin air pull one's own weight pull a trick promise sb the moon pride oneself in press one's luck press sb to the wall precious little play one's cards well no man is an island no man is an island(, entire of itself) no man's land no matter no matter how the dice fall no matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney no matter how you look at it no matter how you slice it no matter how you slice the pie no matter what no matter what/when/where/why/who/how no matter which way the dice fall no matter who, what, where, when, etc. no mean no mean (something) no mean feat no means no no messing no money, no honey no more no more Mr Nice Guy no more Mr. Nice Guy no more than a snowball's chance in hell no more than I have to no more than ninepence in the shilling no more than the man in the moon no name cigarette no names, no pack drill no need no new friends No news is good news no nonsense no nukes No nukes! no object no offence no offense no offense meant no offense taken no oil painting no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of... no one ever went broke underestimating the taste of... no one in his/her/their right mind would (do something) no one is indispensable no one should be judge in his own cause no one will be (any) the wiser no one's fool no one's perfect no pain, no gain no peace for the wicked no person is free who is not master of himself