eggs in moonshine
A fanciful notion; an unrealistic or ludicrous conceptA fanciful notion; an unrealistic or ludicrous concept.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic, plural, plural only)A fanciful notion; an unrealistic or ludicrous concept.
Origin
Probably from the name of a dish, referred to in 16th- and 17th-century English cookbooks,Probably from the name of a dish, referred to in 16th- and 17th-century English cookbooks, made of egg yolks lightly poached in sweetened rosewater. See also moonshine, culinary sense (US). https://web.archive.org/web/20160721010231/http://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/eggsinmoonshine.htm
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Forms
plural: eggs in moonshines| Singular | eggs in moonshine |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsSee also
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