once in a purple moon in English

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      "expansion": "once in a purple moon (not comparable)",
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      "glosses": [
        "Extremely rarely; almost never."
      ],
      "id": "en-once_in_a_purple_moon-en-adv-6HGjRgtE",
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        "(idiomatic) Extremely rarely; almost never."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "blue moon"
        },
        {
          "word": "once in a blue moon"
        }
      ],
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        }
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "once in a purple moon"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "once in a purple moon (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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    {
      "word": "blue moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "once in a blue moon"
    }
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Extremely rarely; almost never."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rarely",
          "rarely"
        ],
        [
          "never",
          "never"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Extremely rarely; almost never."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "rarely"
        }
      ],
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        "not-comparable"
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  "word": "once in a purple moon"
}

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"once in a purple moon" meaning in English

Adverb