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• for donkey's years — (UK) If people have done something, usually without much if any change, for an awfully long time, they can be said to have done it for donkey s years …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• for donkey's years — (UK)    If people have done something, usually without much if any change, for an awfully long time, they can be said to have done it for donkey s years.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• For donkey's years —   (UK)   If people have done something, usually without much if any change, for an awfully long time, they can be said to have done it for donkey s years …   Dictionary of English idioms

• donkey's years — noun plural : a very long time * * * Informal. a very long time; eons. [1895 1900; prob. orig. donkey( s) ears, as rhyming slang for years, with years replacing ears once rhyming orig. was forgotten] * * * donkey s years A long time (a pun on… …   Useful english dictionary

• donkey's years —    This idiom means a very long time .   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If someone has been doing something for donkey s years, they have been doing it for a very long time.     He knows the town inside out. He s been living here for… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Donkey's years — Someone said to me the other day that they hadn t seen me for donkey s years. It means they hadn t seen me for ages …   The American's guide to speaking British

• donkey's years — informal a very long time. I ve been doing this job for donkey s years …   New idioms dictionary

• in donkey's years — I haven t seen her in donkey s years. This means for a very long time …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• in donkey's years —     I haven t seen her in donkey s years. This means for a very long time.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• In donkey's years —    I haven t seen her in donkey s years. This means for a very long time …   Dictionary of English idioms

• donkey's years — Informal. a very long time; eons. [1895 1900; prob. orig. donkey( s) ears, as rhyming slang for years, with years replacing ears once rhyming orig. was forgotten] * * * …   Universalium