donkey's years

(informal)

a very long time I've been doing this job for donkey's years.

donkey's years

A long time, as in I haven't seen her in donkey's years. This expression punningly alludes to the considerable length of the animal's ears. [Early 1900s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Conrad	KAHN-rad (English), KAWN-raht (German)	English, German, Ancient Germanic
Mahalath	-	Biblical
ÁSta	-	Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Anush	-	Armenian
Martin	MAHR-tən (English), mar-TEN (French), MAHR-teen (German, Finnish), MAHR-tin (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish), MAWR-teen (Hungarian), mahr-TIN (Bulgarian)	English, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croa
Minta	MIN-tə	English (Rare)