Idiom
month of Sundays
Meaning
A very long time; a period regarded as too long.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I have not seen my old friend in a month of Sundays.”
“We do not visit the city center in a month of Sundays.”
“He does not clean his messy desk in a month of Sundays.”
“The car has been sitting in the garage for a month of Sundays, so it will not start.”
“You will not finish that massive pile of paperwork in a month of Sundays if you keep checking your phone every five minutes.”
“The neighbors have not painted their wooden fence in a month of Sundays, so the color is starting to peel off.”
“Having spent a month of Sundays waiting for the project to finish, the team finally grew impatient with the constant delays.”
Examples
simple
“I have not seen my old friend in a month of Sundays.”
“We do not visit the city center in a month of Sundays.”
“He does not clean his messy desk in a month of Sundays.”
contextual
“The car has been sitting in the garage for a month of Sundays, so it will not start.”
“You will not finish that massive pile of paperwork in a month of Sundays if you keep checking your phone every five minutes.”
“The neighbors have not painted their wooden fence in a month of Sundays, so the color is starting to peel off.”
complex
“Having spent a month of Sundays waiting for the project to finish, the team finally grew impatient with the constant delays.”
Origin
Probably a reference to the passing of as many Sundays as there are days in a month, a duration of between twenty-eight and thirty-one weeks. The phrase suggests a temporal extension that is technically quantifiable but socially tiresome. It likely draws its weight from the traditional character of the day, as a month composed entirely of Sundays would offer a considerable stretch of quietude.
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