man in the moon

[man in the moon] {n. phr.}

An imaginary or nonexistent person (often used to indicate a person of ignorance).

* /Stop asking me such difficult questions about nuclear physics; I know as much about it as the man in the moon./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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