Man in the Moon
Proper noun
Meaning
An image of a man perceived in the dark maria and light highlands of the full moon. Now usually seen as a human face, in older traditions he is a man with a burden on his back, or accompanied by a small dog.
Synonym: moonman
(UK politics, slang, obsolete) A man who would pay for election expenditure and electors' expenses, as long as the latter voted his way.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgSynonyms
Examples
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon, Little boy blue and the man in the moon. "When you coming home, dad?" "I don't know when, But we'll get together then. You know we'll have a good time then.
I look like the man in the moon.
The man in the moon stole the wood.
William Joyce’s The Man in the Moon!