English Vocabulary

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AhQ ['a: kiu]

User since 2006
Posts: 2715

6 April 2012

Who would be so kind as to tell me what is the same in these expressions?
Once in a while
Once in a blue moon
If once you know, please let me know.

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AhQ ['a: kiu]
User since 2006
Posts: 2715
7 April 2012

Both expressions have more or less the same meaning; Juline.

Once in a while = every now and then = from time to time = not very often = occasionlly.

Once in a blue moon = very rarely
I think the latter is nearly the same as never, like: when pigs fly = when Philip Cheeter has had it with women.

A blue moon is a second full moon in the same calendar month. Yesterday we had a full moon. We'll have a blue moon on next August 31. That's worth knowing, isn't it, Juline?
Both expressions have more or less the same meaning; Juline. Once in a while = every now and then = from time to time = not very often = occasionlly. Once in a blue moon = very rarely I think the latter is nearly the same as never, like: when pigs fly = when Philip Cheeter has had it with women. A blue moon is a second full moon in the same calendar month. Yesterday we had a full moon. We'll have a blue moon on next August 31. That's worth knowing, isn't it, Juline?
AhQ ['a: kiu]
User since 2006
Posts: 2715
10 April 2012

Yes, it's worth knowing, AhQ. Tks.
Yes, it's worth knowing, AhQ. Tks.

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