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
Kir	KEER	Russian
Fraser	FRAY-zər, FRAY-zhər	Scottish, English (Rare)
Patricio	pah-TREE-thyo (Spanish), pah-TREE-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Voitto	VOYT-to	Finnish
TÓMas	-	Icelandic
Damyan	-	Bulgarian