once\ in\ a\ blue\ moon

once\ in\ a\ blue\ moon
adv. phr.
Very rarely; very seldom; almost never.

Coin collecting is interesting, hut you find a valuable coin only once in a blue moon.

Once in a blue moon someone grows a very pale marigold, but no truly white marigolds have been raised.


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