over the moon
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the nursery rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Prepositional phrase
[edit]- (idiomatic) Delighted, thrilled.
- 2003 December 14, Kate Drake, “Champagne Supernova”, in Time[1], 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[2]:
- 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.
Translations
[edit]delighted, thrilled
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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”