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month of Sundays
month M0407300 (mŭnth)n.1. A unit of time corresponding approximately to one cycle of the moon's phases, or about 30 days or 4 weeks.2. One of the 12 divisions of a year as determined by a calendar, especially the Gregorian calendar. Also called calendar month.3. A period extending from a date in one calendar month to the corresponding date in the following month.4. A sidereal month.5. A lunar month.6. A solar month.Idiom: month of Sundays Informal An indefinitely long period of time: It will take you a month of Sundays to chop all that wood.
[Middle English moneth, month, from Old English mōnath; see mē- in Indo-European roots.]Usage Note: The singular noun month, preceded by a number and a hyphen, is used as a compound adjective: a three-month vacation. The plural possessive form without a hyphen is also standard: a three months' vacation.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | month of Sundays - a time perceived as long; "I hadn't seen him in a month of Sundays"colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechlong time, years, age - a prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years" |
month of Sundays
a month of SundaysAn extremely long, often indefinite period of time. Often used in negative constructions, especially to mean "never." A: "Do you think Samantha will agree to go on a date with Jake?" B: "Not in a month of Sundays!" We'll be here for a month of Sundays trying to sort through all this paperwork!See also: month, of, Sundays month of Sundays Informal An indefinitely long period of time: It will take you a month of Sundays to chop all that wood.See also: month, of, Sundaysmonth of Sundays, aA very long time. It is doubtful that this expression, which dates from the early nineteenth century, was ever meant literally—that is, a period of thirty Sundays (or weeks). It first appeared in print in Frederick Marryat’s Newton Forster (1832) and was surely a cliché by the time Ogden Nash played on it in “My Dear, How Did You Ever Think up This Delicious Salad?” (1935): “The salad course nowadays seems to be a month of sundaes.” The British version, a week of Sundays, is never heard in America.See also: month, ofEncyclopediaSeemonthLegalSeeMonthmonth of Sundays
Words related to month of Sundaysnoun a time perceived as longRelated Words- colloquialism
- long time
- years
- age
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