blue moon

nounlong period of time

Synonyms for blue moon

noun long period of time

coon's age

noun. very long time

ages
blue moon
dog's age
donkey's years
long time

Word Origin & History

1821 as a specific term in the sense "very rarely," perhaps suggesting something that, in fact, never happens (cf. at the Greek calends, and the native in the reign of Queen Dick and Saint Geoffrey's Day "Never, there being no saint of that name," reported in Grose (1788)); suggested earliest in this couplet from 1528:

Though this might refer to calendrical calculations by the Church, so that the general sense of the term and the specific one (commonly misinterpreted as "second full moon in a calendar month," but actually a quarterly calculation) are difficult to disentangle. In either case, the sense of blue is obscure. Literal blue moons do sometimes occur under extreme atmospheric conditions.

Example Sentences for blue moon

Think the moon is a blue moon, a single elephantine sapphire.

The blue moon was setting, and soon, they knew, it would be day.

Tis a sweater, and sure theres a blue moon on the front, in the bargain.

“She does get a brilliant idea once in a blue moon,” laughed Peggy.

A stranger in these forgotten villages is as rare as a blue moon.

"I don't see you once in a blue moon any more, Benedict," he had said.

I wonder if its blue diamonds, blue moon, or blue feelings, spoke Bob.

The next instant he was free and dashing toward the front of the Blue Moon.

Once in a blue moon, you get an octopus, but for the most part, you get skeletons.

"But the earthquakes do come, once in a blue moon," he said, still smiling at her.

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Synonyms for blue moon

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month of Sundays

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Synonyms for blue moon

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