donkey's ears

An exceptionally long period of time. The phrase likely originated as rhyming slang, where "ears" rhymes with "years" and alludes to the length of a donkey's ears. Throughout time, it became more popularized as "donkey's years." I haven't seen Jim in donkey's ears! How's he doing these days? It's been donkey's ears since we last got together like this.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kortney	KORT-nee	English (Modern)
Dewydd	-	Welsh (Archaic)
Etzel	-	Germanic Mythology
Fazl	-	Arabic
Rosalind	['rɔzəlind]
Eustachio	-	Italian