XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: HenHanna@devnull.tb   
      
   On 7/17/2024 1:17 PM, HenHanna wrote:   
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   >          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.   
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   > ________________   reminded me of   [La semaine des quatre jeudis]   
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   > Traditionally, Thursday afternoons were half-days or even school-free   
   > days for French schoolchildren.   
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   i guess it  was  just a Coincidence that French children liked   
           Jeudi's  and  Jeu-di  is lit.  a  Play-Day.   
      
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