a very long time, many days It will take a month of Sundays to phone the students in our school.
month of Sundays
(See a month of Sundays)
by the month
Idiom(s): by the month
Theme: TIME
one month at a time. • Not many apartments are rented by the month. • I needed a car for a short while, so I rented one by the month.
in a month of Sundays
Idiom(s): in a coon's age AND in a month of Sundays
Theme: TIME
in a very long time. (Folksy. The coon is a raccoon.) • How are you? I haven't seen you in a coon's age. • I haven't had a piece of apple pie this good in a coon's age. • John hasn't seen a movie in a month of Sundays.
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n. phr., informal A very long time. Used for emphasis after "for" or "in" and usually with a negative verb. I have not had devil's food cake in a month of Sundays.When he got her first letter, he felt that he had not heard from her for a month of Sundays. Synonym: DOG'S AGE.
month
month In addition to the idiom beginning with month, also see by the day; on end.
month of Sundays, a
month of Sundays, a A long time, as in I haven't seen Barbara in a month of Sundays. This expression, which would literally mean thirty weeks, has been used hyperbolically since it was first recorded in 1832. One writer suggests it originally connoted a long dreary time, since games and other kinds of amusement used to be forbidden on Sunday.
a compression and a bite for the aboriginal of the month
A adolescence taunt accurate while actually avidity and punching addition on the aboriginal day of a new month. Primarily heard in UK, Australia, Ireland. A: "Hey, Tom—a compression and a bite for the aboriginal of the month!" B: "Ouch! Grow up, Barry!"Learn more: and, first, month, of, pinch, punchLearn more:
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