Read the text and choose if the sentences below are True, False or Not stated "To be over the moon" is a very old idiom that probably appeared as far back as the seventeenth century. The idiom can be found in the Oxford English Dictionary (1780) which gives an example of its usage. At that time the idiom used to be a common and popular expression. In the middle of the century the idiom found its way into the nursery rhyme: High (Hey), diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jump'd over the moon; The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon. Both the idiom and the nursery rhyme have survived till nowadays for nearly 300 years! "To be over the moon" has firmly established itself in the language of football players and commentators. The moon appears in a number of other popular English idioms. For instance, we say "many moons ago" when we want to say that something happened a long time ago. "To moon about" or "to moon around" means to do nothing useful or important and "to moon over somebody" — to think about someone. Nowadays the idiomatic expression "to be over the moon" is far not as widely-spread as it used to be in the time of it being included in the Oxford English Dictionary. The creators of the Oxford English Dictionary introduced this idioms into children's books. Contextually 300 years seem to be a considerable period for an idiom to exist. This idiom came into use from footballers' conversations. "To be over the moon" means "a long time ago". "To moon about" and "to moon around" are synonymous expressions. "To moon over somebody" has positive connotations and implied romantic feelings.
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"Tobeoverthemoon" isaveryoldidiomthatprobablyappearedasfarbackastheseventeenthcentury. TheidiomcanbefoundintheOxfordEnglishDictionary(1780)whichgivesanexampleofitsusage.Atthattimetheidiomusedtobeacommonandpopularexpression.

Inthemiddleofthecenturytheidiomfounditswayintothenurseryrhyme:

High(Hey), diddle, diddle,

Thecatandthefiddle,

Thecowjump'doverthemoon;

Thelittledoglaughed

Toseesuchsport,

Andthedishranawaywiththespoon.

Boththeidiomandthenurseryrhymehavesurvivedtillnowadaysfornearly300years!"Tobeoverthemoon" hasfirmlyestablisheditselfinthelanguageoffootballplayersandcommentators.

ThemoonappearsinanumberofotherpopularEnglishidioms.Forinstance, wesay "manymoonsago" whenwewanttosaythatsomethinghappenedalongtimeago."Tomoonabout" or "tomoonaround" meanstodonothingusefulorimportantand "tomoonoversomebody" — tothinkaboutsomeone.

  1. Nowadaystheidiomaticexpression "tobeoverthemoon" isfarnotaswidely-spreadasitusedtobeinthetimeofitbeingincludedintheOxfordEnglishDictionary.[True|False|Not stated]
  2. ThecreatorsoftheOxfordEnglishDictionaryintroducedthisidiomsintochildren'sbooks.[True|False|Not stated]
  3. Contextually300yearsseemtobeaconsiderableperiodforanidiomtoexist.[True|False|Not stated]
  4. Thisidiomcameintousefromfootballers'conversations.[True|False|Not stated]
  5. "Tobeoverthemoon" means "alongtimeago".[True|False|Not stated]
  6. "Tomoonabout" and "tomoonaround" aresynonymousexpressions.[True|False|Not stated]
  7. "Tomoonoversomebody" haspositiveconnotationsandimpliedromanticfeelings.[True|False|Not stated]

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