month of Sundays, a



month of Sundays, a

A long time, as in I haven't seen Barbara in a month of Sundays. This expression, which would literally mean thirty weeks, has been used hyperbolically since it was first recorded in 1832. One writer suggests it originally connoted a long dreary time, since games and other kinds of amusement used to be forbidden on Sunday.
See also: month, of

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Chestirad-Medieval Slavic (Hypothetical)
Pio-Italian, Portuguese
Auroraow-RO-rah (Spanish), ə-RAWR-ə (English), OW-ro-rah (Finnish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Romanian, Finnish, Roman Mythology
Dexter['dekstə]
Khalifa-Arabic
Tamekatə-MEE-kəEnglish