单词 | to be over the moon |
释义 | > as lemmasto be over the moon P4. colloquial. to be over the moon: to be very happy or delighted. In early use also to jump over the moon. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > be joyful or delighted [verb (intransitive)] playc1225 delightc1330 to be joyeda1382 to jump over the moon1718 regale1814 1718 C. Molloy Coquet i. 2 Tis he! I know him now: I shall jump over the Moon for Joy! c1765 in Oxf. Dict. Nursery Rhymes (1951) 205 High diddle, diddle, The Cat and the Fiddle, The Cow jump'd over the Moon.] 1833 S. Smith Life & Writings Major Jack Downing 18 I could have jumped over the moon. 1840 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 3rd Ser. viii. 109 Ready to jump over the moon for delight. 1936 M. Kennedy Together & Apart iii. 189 She didn't know she had a brother and she's over the moon. 1944 N. Coward Middle East Diary 116 The Captain..is..absolutely over the moon with pleasure at having this command. 1988 Mother & Baby Apr. 27/1 When I first found out I was pregnant I was over the moon..and my husband was just as excited. < as lemmas |
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