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Hello I'm Lee and welcome to the English we speak and hello I'm Rob now Lee I need to tell you something you know John in the office well he's got a new job

That's great news. How is he feeling well obviously he's got a new job. That's great news. How is he feeling? Well obviously he's over the moon.

What? John is over the moon? Is he going to be an astronaut?

Noly. Well I don't think so. I just mean he's extremely pleased and happy.

Oh I see. I know in the nursery rhyme, hey diddle-diddle, the cow jumped over the moon.

But I've never heard of a man jumping over the moon so he must be

very very very excited it it's just a saying Lee he's not actually jumping over the moon we say it to show that he's so excited that in theory

he could jump as high as the moon. And over it? Lee, do you know how high the moon really is?

No, but I know it's a long way away. It certainly is. Let's hear

some more examples of people being over the moon. When Jane heard she had won the

lottery, she was over the moon.

When he found out he passed his exam, he was over the moon.

I can't hide it.

I'm over the moon about getting a promotion. So being over the moon means being very excited.

Of course John is not only over the moon about getting a new job he's also on Cloud 9.

What now he's on Cloud 9?

Is he going to be an airline pilot then or even a bird?

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