hung the moon

Submitted by aariapoor on 2021-04-24

Meanings of "hung the moon"

English

Think (one) hung the moon / hangs the moon
Literal: To places/ed the moon in the sky
Meaning: Thinking someone is perfect, awesome, wonderful, or extraordinary

Example: I saw your little brother adores you. He thinks you hung the moon!
He thinks his wife is hanging the moon

Explained by aariapooraariapoor on Sat, 24/04/2021 - 19:36
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Persian

گمان کردن که کسی ماه را آویزان کرده
به معنی: گمان داشتن به این که سخصی خارق العاده ست، بی نقص است، کارش خیلی درست است
مثل: دیدم برادر کوچیکت یه جوری بهت نگاه می کنه که فکر می کنه تو ماهو آویزون کردی
اون فکر می کنه زنشه که ماهو آویزون میکنه

Explained by aariapooraariapoor on Sat, 24/04/2021 - 19:40
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"hung the moon" in lyrics

George Strait - All My Ex's Live in Texas

Wanted me to push her broom.
Sweet Eileen's in Abilene,
She forgot I hung the moon.

Faber - Who You Can Give It To Today

It is so good that I exist
You are lucky to meet me
Your face is a painting,
pure poetry

The Shires - Daddy's Little Girl

A little latitude
Hanging onto that steering wheel
Was the man who hung the moon

Mumford & Sons - Home

I ran away in floods of shame
I’ll never tell how close I came
As I crossed the Holland road
Well you went left and I went right

Grease (OST) - Mooning

All over who?
Oh, I'm so full of love, as any fool can see
'Cause angels up above have hung the moon on me
Why must you go?

RM - Wild Flower

Flower field, that’s where I’m at
Open land, that’s where I’m at
No name, that’s what I have
No shame, I’m on my grave

Hozier - In the Woods Somewhere

My head was warm
My skin was soaked
I called your name 'til the fever broke

Tyler Childers - Jersey Giant

Lord I thought you hung the moon

Lord I thought you hung the moon

Reba McEntire - The Greatest Man I Never Knew

I was in my room.
How was I to know he thought
I hung the moon? 1

  • 1. (idiomatic, US) To consider someone to be extraordinary, the best, or exceptionally wonderful.

Tim Burton - The Nightmare Before Christmas

It was late one fall in Halloweenland and the air had quite a chill,
Against the moon a skeleton sat alone upon a hill.
He was tall and thin, with a bat bowtie, Jack Skellington was his name
He was tired and bored; in Halloweenland, everything was always the same.

Elisa Gabbai - Winter in Canada

We were standing at the window with our dreams
in the house at Lake Erie.
A cold December moon hung in the trees
when the first snow fell.

RM - Wild Flower

Flower field, that's where I'm at
Open land, that's where I'm at
No name, that's what I have
No shame, I'm on my grave

Elvis Presley - Somebody Bigger Than You and I

Who made the flowers to bloom in the spring
Who made the song for the robins to sing
And who hung the moon and the stars in the sky
Somebody bigger than you and I

Cults - Hung The Moon

A lovе in bloom
I know it's you
You hung the moon

TINI - Still Standing

I’ll be still standing, still standing

I used to think that you hung the moon
I’d hang on every word

Aerosmith - Nine Lives

I got good luck
In certain situations
I'm feelin' like I hung the moon
And then at times

Arik Einstein - My White Necked Love

The moon is hung above the fields
we'll go there my beloved, we'll go tomorrow
i'll give you a gift of all the stars
my white necked love

Gabby Barrett - The good ones

You'll know him when you see him
By the way he looks at me
You'd say he hung the moon
I'd say he hung the galaxy

I-DLE - 한(寒) (HANN) (Alone in winter)

There is no ending to this long cold season
There’s not a single flower, I’m still the same from back then

The resolve to forget you wavers from one wind

Brandi Carlile - Heart's Content

Maybe you thought
I hung the moon
Maybe you thought