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once in a blue moon

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once in a blue moon
Cliché very seldom. Jill: Does your husband ever bring you flowers? Ellen: Once in a blue moon. Once in a blue moon, I buy a fashion magazine, just to see what people are wearing.
See also: blue, moon, once

once in a blue moon
very rarely My sister lives in Alaska, so I only get to see her once in a blue moon. I don't know why I bought that CD-ROM for my computer - I only ever use it once in a blue moon.
See once in a lifetime, once upon a time
See also: blue, moon, once

once in a blue moon (spoken)
almost never Once in a blue moon I'll have a beer with friends, but it's not my regular drink.
Etymology: based on the informal phrase blue moon (the second time in one month that you can see the full disk of the moon )
See also: blue, moon, once


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Monsieur said he didn't, except once in a blue moon.
Now and then you might see a rabbit skipping across the road if you were quiet--which, with Anne and Diana, happened about once in a blue moon.
 
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