美国习惯用语:761 over the moon

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　　这名男子多年来一直暗恋一名女友，让我们看看什么能让他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.

　　他说：你可以想象，我向她表白的时候心里有多紧张。我不知道她会有什么样的反应。她可能会生气、也可能会觉得我是在开玩笑，甚至可能会同情我。可是她竟然说，她也喜欢我，这简直让我喜出望外。

　　这个片段不由得让我们想起爱情影片的最后一幕。在生活中，最大的快乐往往会在最意想不到的时刻出现。

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　　Over the moon这个习惯用语来源于一个古老的童谣。

　　童谣： 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.

　　这个童谣本身并没有什么具体意思，但是童谣里的over the moon却被作为习惯用语，一直沿用至今。在下面这个例子中，一名老人回忆他第一次被提升的时候说，

　　例句-2：It was two weeks after I married¹ 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 being² promoted³ to sales manager, I was just over the moon.

　　他说：当时我娶你妈妈刚刚两个星期，我们住在一个小小的公寓里，不知道怎么能养得起孩子。因此，当我听说自己被提升为销售经理时，简直高兴极了。

　　这让我想起自己当年申请来美国留学，又考托福，又考GRE，还要申请奖学金，最后得到入学通知和奖学金时，恐怕也只有over the moon 才能形容了。最让人高兴的事情，往往是付出努力最多，最终有所收获的事情。

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