Many moons ago In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "many moons ago", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Mia Le calendar 2021-04-06 09:04

Meaning of Many moons ago

Many moons ago informal

a long time ago

Even though I travelled to Vietnam many moons ago, until now I cannot forget the taste of 'Banh mi'.

Many moons ago, I used to be really shy when meeting new friends.

Jack just finds out that he was adopted many moons ago by his parents.

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Grammar and Usage of Many moons ago

'Many moons ago' describes the time in the past, therefore, the verb in the sentence should be in the simple past tense.

Origin of Many moons ago

Based on Etymology, there is one Native American legend, the Winnebago Legend, which told that the good spirits and the evil spirits agreed that the calendar year should be divided into 12 moons, which corresponded to the number of stripes on one chipmunk's tail. The six white stripes represented the ‘winter moons’ while the remaining six black stripes were the ‘summer moons’. Therefore, 'moon' refers to 'month' and used as an ancient measure of time.

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