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Monday, February 22, 2016
hang the moon
hang
the
moon
(
idiomatic
,
US
)
To
place
the moon in the sky:
used as an example of a superlative act attributed to someone viewed with uncritical or excessive
awe
,
reverence
or
infatuation
.
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