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month by month Idioma

a month of Sundays

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

month of Sundays

(See a month of Sundays)

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.

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

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.

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, month

ˌmonth by ˈmonth

as the months pass; anniversary month: Her affliction added ages by month.Learn more: by, month

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