over the moon en · ADP
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From the nursery rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle.
Meanings
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(idiomatic) Delighted, thrilled.
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.
2016 June 2, Alex McLevy, quoting Cass Sunstein, “Cass Sunstein explains why Star Wars is like America”, in AV Club:Winemakers are over the moon to be able to showcase the individual nuances within their vineyards.
2003 December 14, Kate Drake, “Champagne Supernova”, in Time, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2012:
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Translations (8)
ko 기쁘다 (delighted, thrilled) · de überglücklich (delighted, thrilled) · no overlykkelig (delighted, thrilled) · it al settimo cielo (delighted, thrilled) · fr ravi (delighted, thrilled) · ru восторженный (delighted, thrilled) · fi onnensa kukkuloilla (delighted, thrilled) · de völlig aus dem Häuschen (delighted, thrilled)