
a month of Sundays 很久,很長時間
一個月有28日至31日,“一個月的星期日”就意味著連續三十個星期。另一種解釋是:一星期有七天,“一個月的星期日”可能意味著四個星期。總之,這個成語喻指“很長的時間”。例:He could easily have revenged himself by giving me a kick with heavy shoes on the head or the loins that would have spoiled my running for a month of Sundays.(他若要報仇,那很容易,只要用其沉重的靴尖向我頭部或腰部一踢,就可使我長時間不能行走。)
A: How about this work? 這個工作怎樣?
B: I think it will take me a month of Sundays to finish. 我想得花很長時間才能完成它。
A: You will have a long time to be very busy, right? 你又會忙一段時間了,是嗎?
B: Yeah. To be very tired, too. 就是,也會很累。
A: In some way, it is good for us because we can learn lots of things from it. 在某種程度上,這對我們有好處,因為我們能從中學到很多東西。