month by month Idiom, Proverb
a month of Sundays
month of Sundays
by the month
Idiom(s): by the monthTheme: 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 SundaysTheme: 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.
month of Sundays|Sunday|Sundays|month
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
monthIn addition to the idiom beginning with month, also see by the day; on end.
month of Sundays, a
month 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.
month by month
1. During the advance of anniversary afterwards month. We've steadily been growing the userbase ages by month.2. Considering a ages in allegory to the one afore and afterwards it. I anticipate you charge to attending at your costs ages by ages to see area you can try to save some money.Learn more: by, monthˌmonth by ˈmonth
as the months pass; anniversary month: Her affliction added ages by month.Learn more: by, month
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