Westacad Newsletter

April 2017

ENGLISH IDIOM OF THE MONTH:

„It happens once in a blue moon“

MEANING

Like a blue moon, it refers to something that doesn’t happen very often.

TRANSLATION

Das kommt äusserst selten vor.
wörtlich: einmal während eines blauen Mondes.

ORIGIN

This expression originates in the areas that the moon can sometimes have the illusion of having a blue apperarence under certain conditions.