?今天我們要講的美國(guó)習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)是：over the moon. Over是在上面的意思，moon是月亮的意思。over the moon連在一起，不是登月，而是高興萬(wàn)分的意思。不管遇到什么好事，比如說(shuō)是漲工資、生寶寶、或是自己支持的球隊(duì)贏了比賽的冠軍，都可以說(shuō)over the moon, 來(lái)表達(dá)興奮的心情。下面我們來(lái)看一個(gè)例子。

這名男子多年來(lái)一直暗戀一名女友，讓我們看看什么能讓他over the moon:

例句-1：You can imagine how nervous I was when I finally told her how I felt. I didn't know what to expect. She could have gotten angry or acted like I was joking or even felt sorry for me. But, when she said she felt the same way, I was just over the moon.

他說(shuō)：你可以想象，我向她表白的時(shí)候心里有多緊張。我不知道她會(huì)有什么樣的反應(yīng)。她可能會(huì)生氣、也可能會(huì)覺(jué)得我是在開(kāi)玩笑，甚至可能會(huì)同情我?？墒撬谷徽f(shuō)，她也喜歡我，這簡(jiǎn)直讓我喜出望外。

這個(gè)片段不由得讓我們想起愛(ài)情影片的最后一幕。在生活中，最大的快樂(lè)往往會(huì)在最意想不到的時(shí)刻出現(xiàn)。

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Over the moon這個(gè)習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)來(lái)源于一個(gè)古老的童謠。

童謠： Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle/The cow jumped over the moon./The little dog laughed to see such fun/ And the dish ran away with the spoon.

這個(gè)童謠本身并沒(méi)有什么具體意思，但是童謠里的over the moon卻被作為習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)，一直沿用至今。在下面這個(gè)例子中，一名老人回憶他第一次被提升的時(shí)候說(shuō)，

例句-2：It was two weeks after I married your mother. We were living in a tiny apartment and we had no idea how we were going to afford a family. So when I heard I was being promoted to sales manager, I was just over the moon.

他說(shuō)：當(dāng)時(shí)我娶你媽媽剛剛兩個(gè)星期，我們住在一個(gè)小小的公寓里，不知道怎么能養(yǎng)得起孩子。因此，當(dāng)我聽(tīng)說(shuō)自己被提升為銷售經(jīng)理時(shí)，簡(jiǎn)直高興極了。