"once in a purple moon" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_text": "By analogy with once in a blue moon. First use appears c. 1924. See cite below.",
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      "expansion": "once in a purple moon (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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        {
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: once in a blue moon"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1924, New York Public Library, Dresses - Volumes 10-11, page 15:",
          "text": "However, in spite all of our complainings, there was a distinct pleasure in shopping along this street, because once in a purple moon, one did strike a really nice model and so very reasonable, that one wondered how the manufacturer could afford to bring it out at the price.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1988, Charles Reynell (publisher), The Economist, Volume 307, Issues 7544-7556, page 11:",
          "text": "Once in a purple moon, it may be necessary for the top men to settle some awful impasse between themselves.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Robert J. Kravitz, A Collectors Guide to Postage and Fractional Currency, page 20:",
          "text": "Again, these usually show up in major currency auctions, only once in a purple moon would a dealer have one in stock.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Extremely rarely; almost never."
      ],
      "id": "en-once_in_a_purple_moon-en-adv-6HGjRgtE",
      "links": [
        [
          "rarely",
          "rarely"
        ],
        [
          "never",
          "never"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Extremely rarely; almost never."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "blue moon"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rarely"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "once in a purple moon"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "By analogy with once in a blue moon. First use appears c. 1924. See cite below.",
  "head_templates": [
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      "expansion": "once in a purple moon (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "blue moon"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "English adverbs",
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncomparable adverbs",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: once in a blue moon"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1924, New York Public Library, Dresses - Volumes 10-11, page 15:",
          "text": "However, in spite all of our complainings, there was a distinct pleasure in shopping along this street, because once in a purple moon, one did strike a really nice model and so very reasonable, that one wondered how the manufacturer could afford to bring it out at the price.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1988, Charles Reynell (publisher), The Economist, Volume 307, Issues 7544-7556, page 11:",
          "text": "Once in a purple moon, it may be necessary for the top men to settle some awful impasse between themselves.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Robert J. Kravitz, A Collectors Guide to Postage and Fractional Currency, page 20:",
          "text": "Again, these usually show up in major currency auctions, only once in a purple moon would a dealer have one in stock.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Extremely rarely; almost never."
      ],
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          "rarely",
          "rarely"
        ],
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          "never",
          "never"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Extremely rarely; almost never."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rarely"
        }
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
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  ],
  "word": "once in a purple moon"
}