shoot for the moon
力争最好,争取达到最高目标
- You might as well shoot for the moon and ask for a promotion as well as a raise.
你不妨尽量争取一下,同时要求晋升和加薪。
many moons ago
很久以前
- I weighed no more than him myself at that age, but that was many moons ago.
我自己在那个年龄时体重是决超不过他的,不过那已是很久以前的事了。
be over the moon
非常高兴、非常快活
- She was over the moon about/with her new bike.
她得了辆新自行车,快乐极了。 - She's over the moon about her new baby.
她生了一个小宝宝,乐极了。
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once in a blue moon
少有地、难得地、破天荒地
- My sister lives in Alaska, so I only see her once in a blue moon.
我姐姐住在阿拉斯加,所以我很少去看她。 - Once in a blue moon you get some problems.
极少会碰到麻烦。