once in a blue moon

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Veryrarely; veryinfrequently.Synonyms:seeThesaurus:rarelyCoordinate term:once in a purple moon1833, J. Lection (publisher),The Athenæum, page780:We are no advocates for the eternal system of producing foreign operas to the exclusion of the works of English composers, butonce in a blue moonsuch a thing may be allowed.1933,James Hilton,Lost Horizon, published1973, page133:[T]ime expanded and space contracted, and the name Blue Moon took on a symbolic meaning, as if the future, so delicately plausible, were of a kind that might happenonce in a blue moononly.

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