once in a blue moon 千载难逢地

once in a blue moon 千载难逢地



In English, if things happen extremely rarely, we can say they happen ‘once in a blue moon’.



For examples, you can use this idiom like this:



1. She almost never does her homework. In fact, she does it once in a blue moon.



2. My manager works hard with his laptop all day, so it surprised me that yesterday I saw him playing computer games once in a blue moon.



3. People use e-mails nowadays, so it’s once in a blue moon to receive a hand-written letter.



Do you understand now?



See you next time!



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