over the moon

over the moon

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

over the moon

1. (idiomatic) Delighted, thrilled.
   • 2003 December 14, Kate Drake, “Champagne Supernova”, in Time‎, archived from the original on 2012-03-29:

     Winemakers are over the moon to be able to showcase the individual nuances within their vineyards.

Translations

delighted, thrilled

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

See also

• shoot the moon

References

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”