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forever and a day
Incessantly, ceaselessly, as in Will this racket never end? It's been going on forever and a day . [ Colloquial ; first half of 1900s]
For a very long time, as in He's been working on that book forever and a day . This hyperbolic expression probably originated as a corruption of the now obsolete for ever and ay . Shakespeare used it in The Taming of the Shrew (4:4): “Farewell for ever and a day.” Today it is mainly a substitute for “very long time.” [c. 1600]
Example Sentences
Movies take forever and a day to develop and produce; even if this weren’t the case, one should always be cautious with the “This is what the filmmakers are trying to say” game.
“What a baby,” Briggs said, stretching out his voice so the vowels took forever and a day.
"The people of Coniston will have Bluebird, as they deserve, and my dad's remains forever and a day."
“I don’t think it should take forever and a day,” the governor said.
As far as retirement for the Rudd/Stephens siblings, 40 years can feel like forever and a day.
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