Over the Moon

Welcome to English in a minute.

Fifty years ago, the first humans stepped foot on the moon.

But has anyone ever jumped over the moon?

Jonathan, guess what?!

My book is nominated for North American Wildlife Pop-up book for First Time Writers Prize!

Wow! You must be over the moon!

I am, Jonathan!

I could not be happier!

What was the name of that prize again.?

To be “over the moon” means to be extremely happy about something.

This expression likely comes from a short children’s poem from the 16th century “hey, diddle, diddle.”

But we don’t really know why “over the moon” came to mean what it does today.

And that’s English in a minute.