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Etymology

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From the nursery rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

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over the moon

1. (idiomatic) Delighted, thrilled. Synonyms: ecstatic, joyful; see also Thesaurus:blissful
   • 2003 December 14, Kate Drake, “Champagne Supernova”, in Time‎[1], archived from the original on 29 March 2012: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.

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[edit] delighted, thrilled

Finnish: onnensa kukkuloilla French: ravi (fr) German: überglücklich (de), völlig aus dem Häuschen Italian: al settimo cielo Korean: 기쁘다 (ko) (gippeuda) Norwegian: overlykkelig Russian: восторженный (ru) (vostoržennyj)

See also

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• shoot the moon
• translunary

References

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1. ^ Julia Cresswell, Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins (2010, →ISBN), page 279, entry moon
2. ^ “Hey Diddle Diddle”, 16th c.: “Hey Diddle, Diddle! / The cat and the fiddle, / The cow jumped over the moon”

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