many moons

/mˈɛni mˈuːnz/

[phrase]

many moons

[PHRASE]

used to refer to a long passage of time or a significant number of months or years

What is the origin of the idiom "many moons ago" and when to use it?

The idiom "many moons ago" is believed to have originated from Native American or Indigenous cultures. It draws on the cultural significance of the moon's cycles and the perception of time as marked by lunar phases. Over time, it became a poetic way of expressing a distant past. It is often used in storytelling or when discussing historical events or personal experiences.

Examples

1. That was many moons ago.

2. My great great grandparents started the Drigione Cafe many many moons ago.

3. That I should have never left Chicago, that I should have tried that magical age serum that that half-witch tried to give me in the woods many moons ago!

4. we may come and go on kind of that, you know, graph that I drew on the whiteboard when I talked about bipolar disorder all those many moons ago.

Nearby words

bats in the belfry

bark at the moon

a hair out of place

make hair stand on end

bald as an eagle

born and bred

fed up to the back teeth with

be getting on

on the right lines

in luck