Phrase info

Over the Rainbow

Meaning

Extremely happy; thrilled.

The afterlife or the path a soul takes to reach the afterlife.

Beyond one's grasp; impossible to reach or achieve.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Before we had airplanes and astronauts, we really thought that there was an actual place beyond the clouds, somewhere over the rainbow. There was an actual place, and we could go above the clouds and find it.there. Barbara Walters

I still sing, but completely for my own pleasure. I play a nightclub singer in 'Sparkle,' but I'd like to pursue it a bit more. I sang at a friend's 60th at Claridge's the other month; I did 'Baby It's Cold Outside' with the actor Hilton McRae, and 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow.' Lesley Manville

My mother had a lot of parties when I was a child. There'd always be a moment when she would place me on the upright piano and have me sing Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Rufus Wainwright

Mel caught his balance as he missed kicking the blind man, who sat listening faithfully to the street corner men singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" in acappela. Source: Internet

Three commonly cited examples of melodies featuring the perfect octave as their opening interval are " Singin' in the Rain ", " Somewhere Over the Rainbow ", and " Stranger on the Shore ". Source: Internet

"One of the ones we were worried about getting is 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow.' Source: Internet

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