- Once in a blue moon is a common idiom which indicates that something happens only very rarely, seldom, only once in a long period of time; almost never.
- Have you ever seen a blue moon? ... A current example would be: “Once in a blue moon I go to a concert, but only when there is a singer I really like.”
- Roseanne Cash, Blue Moon with Heartache , 1982. Nanci Griffith, Once in a Very Blue Moon , 1984. Toby Keith, Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine on You?
- See blue moon. First use appears c. 1833. See cite below. Pronunciation. IPA(key): /wʌns ɪn ə bluː muːn/. Adverb. once in a blue moon (not comparable). (idiomatic) Very rarely...
- once in a blue moon. do you remember when the wind blew free and we fit together so naturally. if the wind closes a door it will open another.
- Are we allowed to solve a case quickly at least once in a blue moon? ... My sister lives across the country, so I only see her once in a blue moon.
- (Charlie binde bir ev işlerine yardım etmeyi teklif eder, ama genellikle hiç ev işi yapmaz.) Great artists like Vincent Van Gogh only appear once in a blue moon.
- “Something's shifting out there in the wilds of Fallout 76's Appalachia. The post-nuclear wasteland of West Virginia is about to be home to new phenomenon and creatures...
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- The phrase once in a blue moon is a development from an earlier expression, once in a moon, meaning once a month and by extension occasionally.