|
|
|||
|
|||
|
Event listings for Once In A Blue Moon
|
|||
|
Once in a blue moon - the meaning and origin of this phrase. ... According to popular usage, a blue moon refers to the second full moon that occurs in any calendar month. On average, there will be 41 months that have two full moons in every century. By that calculation 'once in a blue moon' means once every two-and-a-half years.
|
|||
|
Blue moon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A blue moon is a full moon that is not timed to the regular monthly pattern. Most years have twelve full moons which occur approximately monthly, but in addition to those twelve full lunar cycles, e...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_moon |
|||
|
In 1999 'Blue Moon' means 'more often than not.' ... February 26, 1999: We've all heard the saying "it happens only once in a blue moon," generally used to describe an uncommon occurance. But for the first quarter of 1999, using the phrase "once in a blue moon" could also mean "two out of three times." ;
|
|||
|
NASA Science News: subtitle ... July 7, 2004: When you hear someone say "Once in a Blue Moon…" you know what they mean: Rare. Seldom. Maybe even absurd. After all, when was the last time you saw the moon turn blue?
|
|||
|
Here are some of the ways the expression "Blue Moon' has been used in the past. But, surprisingly, the meaning most used today has come into general use only during the last few years. Most of what follows is paraphrased from 'Once in a Blue Moon' by Philip Hiscock, Sky and Telescope, March 1999, page 53.
|
|||
|
From the Middle Ages to the game of Trivial Pursuit, a folk-lorist explores the meaning of ... "According to old folklore," some people say, the second full Moon in a calendar month is called a "blue Moon." They go on to explain that this is the origin of the expression "once in a blue Moon." But it isn't true!
|
Copyright © 2009, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
Related Topics
