till the cows come home
For a long time: “Mr. Rowland said that as far as he was concerned, the delinquent students could stay there washing blackboards till the cows came home.”
Words Nearby till the cows come home
- Tillich
- tillicum
- tillite
- till money
- Tillotson
- till the cows come home
- Tilly
- Tilsit
- tilt
- tilt at windmills
- tilt board
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Other Idioms and Phrases with till the cows come home
Also, when the cows come home. For a long time, as in You can keep asking till the cows come home, but you still may not go bungee-jumping. This term alludes to when the cows return to the barn for milking. [Late 1500s]
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