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xingbu

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发表于 2008-9-12 10:43 |显示全部楼层

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Over the Moon: very very happy, very delighted.

it comes from a well-known 16th century nursery rhyme Hey diddle, diddle:

Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed to see such fun
And the dish ran away with the spoon!

I also heard someone say it in "Over the Sixth Moon", but for some reason I can't find and explanation about why using "the sixth moon" here. Hope anyone have ever heard about it please explain here.

I was over the moon when I heard my grandpa's visa application has been approved!

I would be over the sixth moon if I won this week’s 30 million tattslotto.

[ 本帖最后由 xingbu 于 2008-9-12 09:47 编辑 ]