once in a blue moon
eş: alle heiligen Zeiten
köken: Literally, “every jubilee year”, from the biblical Jubeljahr or Jobeljahr occurring every 50 years.
alternative spelling of tous les 36 du mois
eş: à la Saint-Glinglin, aux calendes grecques, quand les poules auront des dents, semaine des quatre jeudis
once in a blue moon (very rarely)
eş: cada muerte de un judío, de ciento a viento, de ciento en viento, de guindas a brevas, de higos a brevas, de Pascuas a Ramos
köken: Literally, “each death of a bishop”.
🔊 Fernando sale a bailar cada muerte de un obispo.
once in a blue moon (very rarely)
köken: A pun on de vez em quando (“sometimes”) using nunca (“never”) instead of quando (“when”).
στο χάσιμο και στο γέμισμα του φεγγαριού
eş: αραιά και πού, μια στις τόσες, πού και πού, σπάνια, σποραδικά
once in a blue moon
eş: bardzo rzadko, od święta, od wielkiego święta, raz na ruski rok
köken: Literally, “from the big bell”, in reference to The Sigismund Bell, the largest of the five bells hanging in the Sigismund Tower of the Wawel Cathedral in the Polish city of Kraków, which is used only during special occasions, thus, it rings infrequently.
velmi zřídka
eş: jednou za uherský měsíc
very rarely, once in a blue moon
köken: Literally, “ten disasters a year”.
🔊 Ba tôi đi công tác xa, năm thì mười họa về nhà một bữa.
yue 🔊 十年唔逢一閏 /十年唔逢一闰 , 千載難逢 /千载难逢