| 词汇 | forever and a day |
| 释义 | forever and a day adverb an indefinite but considerable length of time. An intensification of 'for ever' UK, 1823forever and a day1. Eternally; always; ceaselessly. Honey, I'll love you forever and a day! 2. An exceptionally long period of time. Jim, how you been? It's been forever and a day since I last saw you! forever and a day1. For a very long time, as in He's been working on that book forever and a day. This hyperbolic expression probably originated as a corruption of the now obsolete for ever and ay. Shakespeare used it in The Taming of the Shrew (4:4): "Farewell for ever and a day." Today it is mainly a substitute for "very long time." [c. 1600] 2. Incessantly, ceaselessly, as in Will this racket never end? It's been going on forever and a day. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s] for ever and a day Always; forever. |
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