man in the moon
An image of a man perceived in the dark maria and light highlands or other features of…An image of a man perceived in the dark maria (plains or "seas") and light highlands or other features of the Moon, originally regarded as a man with a burden on his back or accompanied by a small dog, and now more commonly as a man's face in the full moon or his profile in a crescent moon; hence, an imaginary man thought to be living on the Moon.
» He was the first man to land on the moon.
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2 sensesAn image of a man perceived in the dark maria (plains or "seas") and light highlands or other features of the Moon, originally regarded as a man with a burden on his back or accompanied by a small dog, and now more commonly as a man's face in the full moon or his profile in a crescent moon; hence, an imaginary man thought to be living on the Moon.
Mann im Mond, Mondgesicht
Человек на ЛунеČelovek na Lune
(figuratively, obsolete)An imaginary person; also (UK politics, slang), an unidentified person who illegally pays for election expenditure and electors' expenses, as long as the latter vote as the person wishes.
Examples
20 sentencesHe was the first man to land on the moon.
That was the first time a man walked on the moon.
That was the first time that a man walked on the moon.
deDas war das erste Mal, dass ein Mensch auf dem Mond spazierte. — Tamy
Armstrong was the first man to reach the moon.
ruАрмстронг был первым человеком, достигшим Луны. — MikaM
deArmstrong erreichte als allererster Mensch den Mond. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Man reached the moon at last.
Translations
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Origin
From man + in + the + moon.From man + in + the + moon.
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