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English
Etymology
From the nursery rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Prepositional phrase
over the moon
- (idiomatic) Delighted, thrilled.
2003 December 14, Kate Drake, “Champagne Supernova”, in Time, archived from the original on 2012-03-29:Winemakers are over the moon to be able to showcase the individual nuances within their vineyards.
2016 June 2, Alex McLevy, quoting Cass Sunstein, “Cass Sunstein explains why Star Wars is like America”, in AV Club:Well, I’ve liked Star Wars since the late ’70s. I liked it a lot. But I’m now over the moon about Star Wars, and I think a couple things happened.
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References
- ^ Julia Cresswell, Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins (2010, →ISBN), page 279, entry moon
- ^ “Hey Diddle Diddle”, 16th c.: “Hey Diddle, Diddle! / The cat and the fiddle, / The cow jumped over the moon”