英语词汇the moon is made of green cheese的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

the Moon is made of green cheese. Often credited to Sir Thomas More and Rabelais, this proverb actually dates back to at least the early 15th century. Even then it was assumed that anyone who believed the moon was made of green cheese, or “cream cheese,” as one writer put it, was a complete fool. Origi- nally the expression was The moone is made of a green cheese. Green cheese wasn’t a cheese green in color, but a new cheese that hadn’t aged properly yet and resembled the full moon in shape.

词汇	the moon is made of green cheese
词源	the Moon is made of green cheese. Often credited to Sir Thomas More and Rabelais, this proverb actually dates back to at least the early 15th century. Even then it was assumed that anyone who believed the moon was made of green cheese, or “cream cheese,” as one writer put it, was a complete fool. Origi- nally the expression was The moone is made of a green cheese. Green cheese wasn’t a cheese green in color, but a new cheese that hadn’t aged properly yet and resembled the full moon in shape.
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