miles and miles

Idioms  

1. A considerable distance; also, a large interval, by far. For example, We drove for miles and miles before we saw a gas station, or She was miles and miles a better pianist than her brother: This usage was first recorded in 1889.

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miles and miles

He added that seeing people form "miles and miles" of queues to vote in the first post-apartheid election in 1994 was "like heaven".

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026

Or is it a sleek, modern home perched atop a mountain where the nearest grocery store is miles and miles away?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

Its extra ground clearance, improved approach and departure angles, and enhanced off-road hardware and software enabled this model to eat up miles and miles of single-track dirt roads with ease.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 26, 2025

“Now, there are miles and miles of these warehouses and it’s concrete — concrete roofs, concrete walls, parking lots and so forth,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2024

He closed his eyes and he could see fields of snow, miles and miles of Wyoming snow, and white mountains in the distance, all clean and incredibly still, and no man anywhere and no motion.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara