意味: a month of sundays

長い間（略語）

nth イディオム

a month of Sundays

a very long time, many days It will take a month of Sundays to phone the students in our school.

at the eleventh hour

" at the last minute; almost too late. "

in seventh heaven

very happy I have been in seventh heaven since I started my new job.

month of Sundays

(See a month of Sundays)

seventh heaven

in a situation of great happiness She has been in seventh heaven since she moved to the new department.

to the nth degree

to the greatest degree possible, extremely They made an effort to the nth degree but were unable to successfully complete the project.

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Rhyming Slang for vagina

Black Panther movement

this movement was founded in Oakland, California by Huey P. Newton, H.R. Brown and Bobby Seale. Fought for the rights of black to bear arms like white people in the late 1960's and the early 1970's

eleventh-hour decision

Idiom(s): eleventh-hour decision

Theme: DECISION

a decision made at the last possible minute.
• Eleventh hour decisions are seldom satisfactory.
• The president's eleventh-hour decision was made in a great hurry, but it turned out to be correct.

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.

Eleventh hour

If something happens at the eleventh hour, it happens right at the last minute.

Ninth circle of hell

In Dante's Inferno, the ninth circle of hell is the centre where the worst punishments are found, so it is used idiomatically for something that couldn't get worse.

at the eleventh hour|eleventh|eleventh hour|hour

prep. phr. At the last possible time. Aunt Mathilda got married at the eleventh hour; after all, she was already 49 years old.

eleventh hour|eleventh|hour

adj. phr. Pertaining to the last minutes; the last opportunity to accomplish a task. The editors made several eleventh hour changes in the headlines of the morning paper.

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.

seventh heaven|heaven|seventh

n. phr., literary The pinnacle of happiness. We were in seventh heaven when the helicopter flew us over the magnificent Grand Canyon.

to the nth degree|degree|nth degree|to

adv. phr. To the greatest degree possible; extremely; very much so. Scales must be accurate to the nth degree. His choice of words was exactly to the nth degree.

eleventh

eleventh
at the eleventh hour
Etymology: < Matt. 20:1-16
at the last moment; just before it is too late

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.

nth

nth
see to the nth degree.