when you look up at the night sky or
clear evenings what do you see well the
magnificent moon
so am i gonna talk about the moon today
well interestingly
moon is the earth's only natural
satellite
and in english we have certain
expressions and phrases that you can use
in your conversations with the word moon
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hey friends i'm niharika and welcome
back
well in today's lesson i have some
expressions and some phrases
with the word moon for you
so the next time you think about moon
try to remember these expressions in
your conversation so that you sound very
fluent in english
so we will start with the very first
expression which is to shoot for the
moon
so to shoot for the moon it means to ask
for the best or to aim high
like if you have to use it in your
conversation how would you use this
expression
well you can say that
2016
seems to be a great year for business
and therefore we should shoot for the
moon so it means that you're being
ambitious isn't it so to aim high or to
ask for the best that is when you can
use the expression to shoot for the moon
moving on to the second expression
is over the moon
so when you're extremely happy or
extremely delighted well rather than
just saying yay i am so happy today or
i'm extremely delighted
use this expression well i feel over the
moon today so over the moon it means to
be very happy
so
maybe
shooting for the moon was quite a
successful thing for you
and that's exactly the reason you're
super happy now
so you can say that i am over the moon
because our company is doing so well
okay
moving on to the third expression with
the word moon
is once in a blue moon
now
well scientists say that moon does
appear blue after a volcanic eruption
but this happens
rarely
hardly ever
okay
now in english when you use this
expression that
once in a blue moon it means very rarely
like you do something very rarely
if you have to use this in your
conversation how would you use it
well
let's look at an example
well i don't drink too much
but maybe once in a blue moon a beer
with my friends is fine but that's about
it
so i don't drink but yes when i'm with
my friends it's like once in a blue moon
hardly ever i'll just take a bottle of
beer and that's about it okay
moving on to the next one is
many moons ago so what does this really
mean many moons ago
well many moons ago is quite an
old-fashioned expression
which actually means long time ago
so i haven't met my friend sam
forever now but yes
i had last met her in new york which was
many moons ago so it means it was really
long ago that i met her in new york okay
and then the last expression that i have
for you with the word moon is to moon
over someone so what does this mean to
moon over someone
when you are thinking about someone
all day long maybe you're attracted or
you really like this person way too much
and you can't really concentrate on your
work but all you do is you think about
this person all day long yes because
you're so much in love with this person
so what are you doing you are moving
over that person
okay so if you want to use this in a
sentence you will say that
john
is not that great in his work the reason
because he's been mooning over this lady
he met at work
okay so it means to think of someone
well to think of someone all day long
okay
so these are some expressions with the
word moon
and now let's have a look at
some phrases with the word moon so here
again we are not talking about the moon
but yes certain phrases that you can use
in your conversation about people
so the first one is moon phase
huh now when you look at this phrase
do you think i'm talking about a pretty
face because moon is pretty no doubt
about it
but moon is round well there are several
shapes of moon but
the actual moon is a round moon so round
face can be also called as a moon face
so if your friend has a round face or
probably he has gained
too much weight on his around his face
then you can say ah you need to lose
weight look at the moon face that you
have
okay
moving on to the next one is moon child
so who is moon child well a person who
is born under the zodiac sign of cancer
so we have many zodiac signs we have leo
we have virgo we have libra and so many
others
but someone who is born under the zodiac
sign of cancer is a moon child
so someone you know who is born under
the sign of cancer you can say oh you
are a moon child okay
moving on to the next one is honeymoon
well the lovey-dovey honeymoon so when a
couple gets married
and they go for a small vacation or a
holiday
well that holiday period is called as
honeymoon
so it's a very lovey-dovey period the
reason because the couple has just got
married and it's the very first trip
that they take together so that's a
honeymoon
so married couple going for a trip and
immediately after their wedding okay so
that's honeymoon
the next one moon eye
well moon eye is well there's another
term again with the word moon
which is moon blindness which actually
means night blindness
so yes there are certain people who face
night blindness
and that
is exactly called as moon eye or moon
blindness okay
and then the last phrase that i have for
you is a moon cough
well who is a moon cough well a very
foolish person someone who is so
absent-minded and
just so silly and stupid well you can
call him as a moon cough you are such a
moon cough so if you have a friend who
is like super silly and absent-minded
call him a moon cough okay
so hope this really helps you
once again we have some expressions with
the word moon and of course some phrases
with the word moon so start using them
because they're really simple and of
course that will really make you sound
confident and i'll be back with a new
lesson soon till then you take care
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