year in, year out
During every year; always.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“He works at the same desk, year in, year out.”
“The local farmer has tended to these same fields, year in, year out, regardless of the changing weather.”
“Year in, year out, the lighthouse keeper maintained his solitary vigil, watching the tides shift against the jagged coastline.”
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a year and a day
A long time.
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banner year
An especially fruitful year; a year of exceptional production.
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be a hundred years too early
To be so immature and unprepared as to have no hope of achieving an accomplishment.
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donkey's years
A long time, years and years.
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four score and seven years ago
Used (sometimes sarcastically) to indicate that a past event being mentioned is particularly important: a long time ago; many years ago.
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golden years
Old age; especially, the leisure years in later life after one has retired from employment.
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never in a million years
Absolutely not.
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not in a million years
Alternative form of never in a million years.
Last updated August 10, 2026