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as the day is long

as the day is long phrase: unceasingly; very; thoroughly; to a very high degree.

Phrase

as the day is long

  1. (emphatic, idiomatic, intensifier, simile) Unceasingly; very; thoroughly; to a very high degree.
    • He shows me where the bachelors sit, and there live we as merry as the day is long.1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • And you shall do nothing but what you choose, and shall be as happy as the day is long.1851 April 9, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    for days

as the day is long meaning in Bengali

as the day is long in Bengali

অবিরামভাবে, খুবই, পুঙ্খানুপুঙ্খভাবে, অনেক উচ্চ মাত্রায়

Examples of as the day is long in a sentence

  • They are quiet, peaceable, tractable, free from drunkenness, and they are as industrious as the day is long.1872, Mark Twain, chapter 54, in Roughing It:
  • Bart Andrews and Jack Thompson are as honest as the day is long."1906, Horatio Alger, chapter 4, in Joe The Hotel Boy:
  • Why would Ross tell everyone in your class that you are "as gay as the day is long"?2003, Brian Buckner and Sebastian Jones, Friends, season 9, ep. 17 The One with the Memorial Service
  • "He is direct, honest as the day is long, hard-working and a good lad to have around."2004 October 16, G. Caulkin, B. Glanville, “Souness eyes move to take Duff back on board”, in Times Online, UK, retrieved 06 Sep 2009:

Synonyms of as the day is long

Questions about as the day is long

What does as the day is long mean?
As the day is long means unceasingly; very; thoroughly; to a very high degree.
What is as the day is long in Bengali?
As the day is long in Bengali is অবিরামভাবে, খুবই, পুঙ্খানুপুঙ্খভাবে. See As the day is long meaning in Bengali.
How do you use as the day is long in a sentence?
They are quiet, peaceable, tractable, free from drunkenness, and they are as industrious as the day is long.
What part of speech is as the day is long?
As the day is long is a phrase.

Words near as the day is long in the dictionary

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  5. as the crow flies
  6. as the day is long
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