for ever and a day

forever and a day

1. Eternally; always; ceaselessly. Honey, I'll love you forever and a day! Even though Mrs. Porter is retiring, I know her devotion to the school will go on forever and a day. She only worked here 50 years! I can't believe you want to separate! I vowed to love you and stand by you forever and a day, and I meant it!

2. An exceptionally long period of time. Jim, how you been? It's been forever and a day since I last saw you! Geez, it'll take forever and a day to clean all this stuff out of Nana's attic! It took us forever and a day to get across town because traffic was so backed up.

See also: and, forever

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for ever and a day

Always; forever.

See also: and, ever, for

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