in donkeys

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in donkeys

In an exceptionally long period of time. The phrase likely originated as the rhyming slang, shortened to simply "donkeys," of "donkey's ears" —where "ears" rhymes with "years" and alludes to the length of a donkey's ears. I haven't seen Jim in donkeys! How's he doing these days?

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Camilla	kə-MIL-ə (English), kah-MEEL-lah (Italian, Danish), KAH-meel-lah (Finnish)	English, Italian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, German, Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology
Brechtje	-	Dutch
Michiel	-	Dutch
Olivie	o-lee-VEE (French)	French, Czech
Brittani	BRIT-nee, BRIT-ə-nee	English (Modern)
JÓZefina	-	Polish