over the moon

🌎Region: International 📊Difficulty Level:intermediate

💡Meaning

Extremely happy or delighted about something.

🕰️Origin

From the image of something leaping so high with joy it goes “over the moon.” It became popular in modern English as a vivid metaphor for extreme delight.

📝Notes

A cheerful, slightly exaggerated phrase for strong happiness; common in speech and informal writing.

💬Examples

She was over the moon when she got accepted into her dream university.
I’m over the moon about the new job offer.
They were over the moon to find out they’re expecting a baby.
He’s been over the moon ever since his song hit the charts.
We were over the moon with how smoothly the wedding day went.

📘Grammar & Usage Notes

Typically used with forms of “be” (e.g., be/was/are over the moon about/with + noun). Can stand alone (“I’m over the moon!”). Usually not modified internally.

🔗Synonyms

thrilled
delighted
ecstatic
on cloud nine

↔️Antonyms

devastated
down in the dumps
miserable