Once in a blue moon
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 29Meaning
Very rarely
हिंदी अर्थ
गूलर का फूल होना
Example sentences
He visits once in a blue moon and stays for two days.
Once in a blue moon is rare and never is absolute.
Daily use: Wo once in a blue moon aata hai.
इन Exams में पूछा गयाAsked in
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Memory trick · Prashant Sir
Blue moon बहुत कम दिखता है, इसलिए once in a blue moon यानी very rarely, बहुत कभी-कभार। हिंदी में इसका जोड़ीदार है — गूलर का फूल होना।
A blue moon comes along very seldom, so 'once in a blue moon' means very rarely. Its Hindi partner is 'goolar ka phool hona' (to be as rare as a fig flower).
Exam note
सबसे ज़्यादा पूछे जाने वाले idioms में से एक। Options में 'very rarely' या 'seldom' आते हैं; 'frequently' और 'invariably' इसके opposite हैं।
Among the most frequently asked idioms. Options offer 'very rarely' or 'seldom'; 'frequently' and 'invariably' are the opposites.
SSC में कहाँ पूछा गयाWhere SSC asked it
- My uncle lives in New York, so I only see him once in a blue moon.SSC CGL Pre 2024
- Once in a blue moonSSC CHSL Pre 2020
- In my parents’ time, we mostly ate at home and family outings happened ______.SSC CGL Mains 2019
- Identify the correct meaning of the idiom: "Once in a blue moon".SSC Steno 2025
- In my parents' time, we mostly ate at home and family outings happened.SSC Exams 2018
- Nowadays, one gets good literary books once in a blue moon.SSC · before 2018
- once in a blue moonSSC · before 2018
- Once in a blue moonNDA I 2022