be over the moon
be over the moon
To be extremely happy. I've been over the moon ever since I got engaged—I just can't stop looking at my ring! Of course the kids are over the moon—as of noon today, they're out of school for the summer. We are just over the moon that the sellers accepted our offer. It really is our dream house!
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be over the ˈmoon
(informal, especially British English) be very happy and excited: ‘How does it feel to have won the championship?’ ‘I’m over the moon.’This comes from a line in an old children’s poem: Hey diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon....Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
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"If I get selected I'll
be over the moon but I can't work miracles.
"He'll
be over the moon to get there, especially at what was such a key time.
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