month of Sundays

Definitions

A very long time; a period regarded as too long.

idiomatic, informal

Equivalents

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Suomiaikoihinikiaikoihin

Examples

“It seems like⟳ it’s been a month of Sundays since we saw⟳ him last⟳.”

“[T]he captain had ordered his back to be anointed with ſome pickle, by way of preſerving ſome mortification, which increaſed his agony ſo intolerably, that he exhibited the various contorſions and wreathings of a rattle ſnake with ſurprizing velocity, to the no ſmall edification of the commander, who ſwore he ſhould dance⟳ to the ſecond part of the ſame tune⟳, for a month of Sundays; ſtill repeating the word citation, which he could neither underſtand, nor digeſt.”

“Let⟳ the Sunday papers have⟳ their day: it is all they have⟳; though it would require⟳ a month of Sundays to read⟳ all they publish⟳ upon it.”

“Why, what an orator you are! Really, I haven't heard more fluent or passionate English this month of Sundays.”

“From many quarters in London even a park⟳ is far distant, while we have⟳ months of Sundays which are wet⟳ and cold, when the dens where many people live⟳ would be preferred because affording shelter⟳ from the weather.”

“The most vivacious, sparkling, entertaining piece of comedy you are likely to come⟳ across in a month of Sundays.”

“Just what do you hope⟳ to gain⟳ by badgering my people down here? They're not going to spill⟳ their guts to you in a month of Sundays.”

“["]But if I told you the rest⟳ of the truth, you wouldn't believe⟳ me anyway." / "Try⟳ me." / "Guarantee⟳ it, you won't," the man teases. "Not in a month of Sundays."”

“As I listened to the tapes over months of Sundays, it became clear that I would not work⟳ with [John] Lilly. I was more interested in the dolphins speaking to dolphins than in the attempts to teach⟳ them our language.”

“Over the years, she'd visited the McIntoshes and also her daughters in Sydney but she had never, in a month of Sundays, dreamed she would live⟳ there herself.”

“I [Tennessee Williams] told her [Eva Le Gallienne] I had, indeed, read⟳ the plays of Mr. [Henrik] Ibsen, had seen them in numerous productions, and found them to be quite like⟳ the act of eating a box of soap flakes, when they were not like⟳ two months of Sundays in church.”

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