Meaning of eggs in moonshine | Babel Free

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A fanciful notion; an unrealistic or ludicrous concept.

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Examples

“You may discourse of Hermes' ascending spirit, of Orpheus' enchanting harp, of Homer's divine fury, of Tyrtaeus' enraging trumpet, of Pericles' bouncing thunderclaps, of Plato's enthusiastical ravishment, and I wot not what marvellous eggs in moonshine: but a fly⟳ for all your flying speculations when one good-fellow with his odd jests, or one mad knave with his awk hibber-gibber, is able to put⟳ down twenty of your smuggest artificial men, that simper it so nicely and coyly in their curious points.”

“[…] your Majesty knows I think⟳ the Horn—and that bit of broken stone over there—and your great King Peter—and your Lion Aslan—are all eggs in moonshine.”

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