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Haven't seen 'em in a month of Sundays
Meaning
- A way to say you haven't seen someone or something in a very, very long time. It adds a touch of exaggeration to the passage of time.
Nostalgic, hyperbolic, folksy
Used in a sentence
- I haven't seen him in a month of Sundays, he must have moved away.
- It's been a month of Sundays since we had a real family reunion.
- I haven't seen an actual handwritten letter in a month of Sundays.
The backstory
This idiom refers to the long, slow feeling of Sundays when one is observing a strict religious schedule. It was meant to highlight a duration that feels endless or dragged out.
Heard in
The South
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