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Meanings of blue moon in English

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      Usage of blue moon in English
      1
      Yet the exchanges only elicit public enlightenment once in a blue moon.
      The Guardian
      2
      The blue moon was resting with its lower rim upon the waters.
      The Blue Moon
      3
      Not once in a blue moon, sir, does womenfolk buy a book.
      The Book-Hunter in London / Historical and Other Studies of Coll...
      4
      But sometimes, in a blue moon, she remembers him on his knees.
      The prince of frogtown
      5
      Before then, the definition of a blue moon wasn't quite set in stone.
      Wired
      6
      He could have fairy dreams; the dawn of a blue moon.
      Orthodoxy
      7
      I go to it only about once in a blue moon.
      The Golden Road
      8
      They may, once in the proverbial blue moon; but I haven't seen 'em.
      The Way of the Wild
      9
      The All Blacks really do lose once in a blue moon.
      The Guardian
      10
      In the blue moon's light, once familiar meadows became otherworldly landscapes.
      Spellwright
      11
      It's not once in a blue moon that he plays at North Hill.
      The Spinners
      12
      Only I haven't had time to go there once in a blue moon.
      The Port of Adventure
      13
      Think the moon is a blue moon, a single elephantine sapphire.
      The Innocence of Father Brown
      14
      They didn't see a pretty girl once in a blue moon.
      Judith of the Plains
      15
      Even a journal I wrote in once in a blue moon.
      The king of lies
      16
      Escapism once in a blue moon, but it wasn't for me.
      The Guardian
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      South Africa
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      Ireland
      Less common
      United Kingdom
      Less common
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