forty ways to Sunday



forty ways to Sunday

Thoroughly or completely; in every possible way; from every conceivable angle. Everyone had their money on the reigning champion, but he was beaten forty ways to Sunday by the newcomer. We researched the case forty ways to Sunday, but there didn't seem to be any way that we could win with the evidence at hand.
See also: forty, Sunday, way

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
TighearnÁNTEER-nawnIrish
Salome[sə'ləumi]
TyrTIRNorse Mythology
Yuval-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Nawra-Arabic
Jake[dʒeik]