over the moon

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“But if he has zero symptoms and everything else is going great — he’s over the moon with his new child, he’s so happy — that’s not somebody I’m going to treat with testosterone.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

“They are over the moon, and from what I hear, so in love!”

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Staff at a Welsh laser company are "over the moon" after their technology was used in the Artemis II space mission.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

The treaty allows all nations to explore and use the moon “exclusively for peaceful purposes,” and bans any claims of sovereignty over the moon.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

Then the clouds came over the moon again and the mountains and the lake were gone, but it was much lighter than it had been before and we could see the shore.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway