XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: HenHanna@devnull.tb   
      
            Yes, "a month of Sundays" is a very common expression. It's an   
   idiom meaning "a very long time."   
      
   It's interesting to note that it's not a literal calculation of time,   
   but rather a hyperbolic way to express a lengthy period.   
      
      
   ________________   reminded me of   [La semaine des quatre jeudis]   
      
      
   Traditionally, Thursday afternoons were half-days or even school-free   
   days for French schoolchildren.   
      
      
   __________________________   
      
      
   What does haven't heard that in a coon's age mean?   
      
                 --->   a very long time   
      
      
      
   In "I haven't seen you in a coon's age",   
      
   a coon's age simply means "a very long time."   
      
   According to most sources, "coon" means "raccoon" here, and early   
   settlers in the U.S. were under the mistaken impression that raccoons   
   were particularly long-lived animals.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)