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BLUE MOON

Pronunciation (US):

• BLUE MOON (noun)
The noun BLUE MOON has 1 sense:

1. a long time

Familiarity information: BLUE MOON used as a noun is very rare.

• BLUE MOON (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A long time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Context example:

something that happens once in blue moon almost never happens

Hypernyms ("blue moon" is a kind of...):

age; long time; years (a prolonged period of time)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

"More haste, less speed."
(English proverb)
"Politeness is not sold in the bazaar"
(Azerbaijani proverb)
"God helps those who help themselves."
(Arabic proverb)
"Be patient with a bad neighbor. Maybe he’ll leave or a disaster will take him out."
(Egyptian proverb)

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