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词汇 once-in-a-blue-moon
释义

once in a blue moon


idiom
not very often: 少有地
My sister lives in Alaska, so I only see her once in a blue moon.我姐姐住在阿拉斯加,所以我很少去看她。
Once in a blue moon, there's an issue I can't resolve.偶尔会有我无法解决的问题。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Rarely & infrequently
(every) now and then/againidiom
blue moon
day
episodic
ever and anon
few
fit
isolated
it's not every day (that)...idiom
like ships that pass in the nightidiom
occasion
occasional
odd
one and doneidiom
one-off
one-shot
one-time
rarely
stop-go
ultra-rare

once in a blue moon | American Dictionary


once in a blue moon


idiom
rarely:
Once in a blue moon he’d call, but for months at a time we heard nothing.

Examples of once in a blue moon


once in a blue moon
It only happens every onceinabluemoon.
I read books onceinabluemoon.
They stand there for weeks and months, and possibly only onceinabluemoon does anyone come to remove them.
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Those who do one onceinabluemoon inevitably do not produce quite the same results.
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There might be, onceinabluemoon, but nine times out of ten a boundary change harms either one party or another.
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But no one plays billiards except for onceinabluemoon; it is too eccentric to decide to have a game of billiards.
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This is not something which happens onceinabluemoon.
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Soon it will be once every 10 years and then onceinabluemoon.
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He was subject to petit mal attacks onceinabluemoon.
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However, it is only onceinabluemoon that we have a chance to restructure and overhaul the system of agricultural holdings.
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I wonder whether this might be an opportunity for saying that just onceinabluemoon we can afford to do them.
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A racing tipster studying all the form, receiving information and going through the card on any day happens onceinabluemoon.
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It is like eating, drinking and sleeping, but it happens only onceinabluemoon.
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That is where the "onceinabluemoon" comes in.
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Although they do not amount to onceinabluemoon, they get very close to that situation.
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