the man in the moon

the man in the moon
мифический человек, обитающий на Луне (символизирует полное незнание земных дел, отрешённость, одиночество и т. п.; ср. русск. ты что, с луны свалился?) [пятна на Луне напоминают лицо человека]

He says 'e knows no more about it than the man in the moon. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Cakes and Ale’, ch. X) — Лорд Джордж говорит, что о бегстве Дриффилдов он решительно ничего не знает.

Sally did not reply for a minute or two, and Philip looked at her curiously it might be thought that she was meditating upon what her mother had said, and on the other hand she might be thinking of the man in the moon. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Of Human Bondage’, ch. 115) — Салли несколько минут помолчала; Филип смотрел на нее с любопытством; можно было подумать, что она взвешивает в уме слова матери, но, с другой стороны, она могла думать и о чем-нибудь совсем постороннем.

‘And you say he has been living alone there?’ ‘Like the man in the moon,’ answered Shomberg readily. (J. Conrad, ‘Victory’, part II, ch. VIII) — - И вы говорите, что он жил там один? - Один-одинешенек, - охотно подтвердил Шомберг.

‘Do you know Vernon Somerville?’ ‘Yes... at least I met him once.’ ‘Then you no more know him than I know the man in the moon.’ (A. J. Cronin, ‘The Northern Light’, part III, ch. 3) — - Вы знакомы с Верноном Сомервилем? - Да... то есть я видел его один раз. - Ну, так вы не имеете о нем ни малейшего представления.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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