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Sundays
Sun·days S5949125 (sŭn′dēz, -dāz′)adv. On every or almost every Sunday: The shop is closed Sundays. Sundays I do household chores.Sun•days (ˈsʌn deɪz, -diz)
adv. on Sundays. Sundays
not in a month of SundaysNot at any point; under absolutely no circumstances. Not in a month of Sundays did I think that I would actually win the lottery! A: "Do you think Samantha will agree to go on a date with Jake?" B: "Not in a month of Sundays!"See also: month, not, of, Sundaysnever in a month of SundaysNot at any point; under absolutely no circumstances. Never in a month of Sundays did I think that I would actually win the lottery! A: "Do you think Samantha will agree to go on a date with Jake?" B: "Never in a month of Sundays!"See also: month, never, of, Sundaysa 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, Sundayswhen two Sundays come togetherNever. Usually said sarcastically. A: "When are you going to help me clean out the garage?" B: "How about when two Sundays come together?"See also: come, Sundays, together, twowhen two Sundays meetNever. Usually said sarcastically. A: "When are you going to help me clean out the garage?" B: "How about when two Sundays meet?"See also: meet, Sundays, twoin a month of Sundays1. At any point; under any circumstances. Used in the negative to convey that something will never happen. Not in a month of Sundays did I think that I would actually win the lottery! A: "Do you think Samantha will agree to go on a date with Jake?" B: "Not in a month of Sundays!"2. In an exceptionally long period of time. I haven't seen you in a month of Sundays! How have you been? I haven't been on a vacation in a month of Sundays.See also: month, of, Sundayshaven't seen you in a month of SundaysA phrase used when one encounters someone after an extremely long, often indefinite period of time. Hey, Al, haven't seen you in a month of Sundays! How have you been?See also: month, of, seen, Sundaysin a coon's ageIn an exceptionally long period of time. Based on the folk belief that raccoons (shortened colloquially to "coons") have a longer-than-average lifespan. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. I haven't seen you in a coon's age! How have you been? I haven't been on a vacation in a coon's age.See also: age(I) haven't seen you in a month of Sundays.Rur. I haven't seen you in a long time. Tom: Hi, Bill Haven't seen you in a month of Sundays! Bill: Hi, Tom. Long time no see. Bob: Well, Fred! Come right in! Haven't seen you in a month of Sundays! Fred: Good to see you, Uncle Bob.See also: month, of, seen, Sundaysin a coon's age and in a month of SundaysRur. in a very long time. (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.See also: agemonth of Sundays, aA 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. See also: month, ofnot in a month of Sundays or never in a month of Sundays If you say that something will not or will never happen in a month of Sundays, you mean it is very unlikely to happen. Their scheme will never work — not in a month of Sundays.See also: month, not, of, Sundaysa month of Sundays a very long, seemingly endless period of time. This expression may be a reference to the traditionally slow passage of Sundays as a result of religious restrictions on activity or entertainment. In a letter written in 1849 , G. E. Jewsbury talked of the absence of mail deliveries on Sundays, remarking: ‘If I don't get a better letter from you…you may pass “a month of Sundays” at breakfast without any letter from me’. 1998 Country Life All in all, the Ministry of Agriculture is gaining the no-nonsense, get-your-coats-off atmosphere that Jack Cunningham could not have managed in a month of Sundays. See also: month, of, Sundays(not for/in) a ˌmonth of ˈSundays (spoken) used to emphasize that something will never happen: ‘Do you think she’ll be able to sell the house at that price?’ ‘Not in a month of Sundays. It’s far too much.’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, ofEncyclopediaSeeSunday |