moon (is) made of green cheese, (and) the
moon (is) made of green cheese, (and) the
The most ridiculous thing imaginable. This farfetched figure of speech dates from the early sixteenth century. Despite the opinion of one collector of proverbs, F. E. Hulme (Proverb Lore, 1902), who believed it referred to the newness (“greenness”) of the moon each month, it has always been used as an example of outrageous absurdity.
See also: green, made, moon, of
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- there's something in the wind
- no love lost between them, there's
- for my/one's money
- up one's sleeve, to have something
- pick a bone (with someone), to
- live like a prince, to
- when all's (is) said and done
- man or a mouse, (are you) a
- give someone his/her head, to
- crazy as a coot/loon