once in a blue moon

Speech parts

1. once in a blue moon - Adverb

2. once in a blue moon - Phrase

Meaning

once in a blue moon (not comparable)

(idiomatic) Very rarely; very infrequently.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:rarely

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

sometimes occasionally seldom periodically scarcely intermittently infrequently from time to time sporadically on occasion now and then once in a while now and again interruptedly seld

Antonyms

often generally commonly frequently normally regularly
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Examples

Once in a blue moon someone like you comes along. Van Morrison

Magic doesn't happen often - not once in a blue moon ... I expect there isn't another magic ship like this one in the whole world. Hilda Lewis

Another thing that I don't like to do is show too much how it goes. I do it once in a blue moon. Sometimes there are lessons when I don't pick up a violin at all. Itzhak Perlman

Once in a blue moon a captain imposes his influence not just upon his opponents, but on a generation of cricketers, by the sheer force of his personality. James Coldham

Because of my new bangs I’ve gone from blow drying my hair once in a blue moon to blow drying my hair every single day. Source: Internet

How I craved the after-dinner smoke with a cup of coffee (and once in a blue moon still think about)! Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

once in a blue moon

Close letter words and terms

once every twelve months once every two weeks once for all once in a great while once in a purple moon once in a way