Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Sun and Moon

I have collected some expressions, proverbs and sayings all relating to the sun and moon. There's a great variety out there with lots of different meanings.

Related to the sun
  • Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. ~Maori Proverb
  • You can owe nothing, if you give back its light to the sun.
  • What is true by lamplight is not always true by sunlight. ~Joseph Joubert
  • Wine is sunlight, held together by water. ~Galileo
  • Somebody/something can be "bright as the sun"
  • Sun is often used as a brand name
    • Newspaper
    • Software company (Sun Microsystems)
    • Airline
Related to the moon
  • Something ca be "Full as the moon"
  • Somebody can look "Pale like the moon"
  • Lunatic
  • Moon Cake
  • Lunar Calendar
  • "I shoot you to the moon"
Summarizing, I noticed that the image of the moon is used more often with a negative touch, while you hardly find that in relationship with the sun.


Sources:
http://www.quotegarden.com/light.html

1 Comments:

Blogger Madeleine Morris said...

The association between the moon and madness is a very old one.

See http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1106830.stm

And here's a really nice photograph of it
http://www.salzgeber.at/astro/moon/full_moon.html

7:39 pm  

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