forever and a day 的定义
- 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: “Farewell for ever and a day.” Today it is mainly a substitute for “very long time.” [c. 1600]
forever and a day 近义词
等同于 long
等同于 permanent
forever and a day 的近义词 28 个
- durable
- enduring
- long-lasting
- perpetual
- stable
- everlasting
- invariable
- perennial
- set
- abiding
- changeless
- continual
- diurnal
- fixed
- for keeps
- forever
- immutable
- imperishable
- in for the long haul
- indestructible
- perdurable
- perduring
- persistent
- set in concrete
- set in stone
- steadfast
- unchanging
- unfading
forever and a day 的反义词 3 个
等同于 long-drawn-out
等同于 blue moon
forever and a day 的近义词 5 个
等同于 donkey's years
等同于 sempiternity
等同于 eternity
更多forever and a day例句
- As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
- As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
- He added: “People say he deserves his day in court… Do we have enough time?”
- For many years afterward it was a never-ending topic of conversation, and is more or less talked of even to this day.
- “We talked about the science the whole time the other day,” Krauss told The Daily Beast in a phone interview.
- The afternoon was a lovely one—the day was a perfect example of the mellowest mood of autumn.
- Edna did not reveal so much as all this to Madame Ratignolle that summer day when they sat with faces turned to the sea.
- Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.
- There are three things a wise man will not trust: the wind, the sunshine of an April day, and woman's plighted faith.
- The proceedings of the day commenced with divine service, performed by Unitarian and Baptist ministers.