forever and a day

adv

Etymology

Possibly a folk-etymological alteration of forever and ay.

Definitions

  1. For a very long or seemingly endless time.

    • I'll love you forever and a day.
    • If this be not that you looke for, I haue no more to ſay, / But bid Bianca farewell for euer and a day.
    • What you gonna do when you just found forever? / Where you gonna get to when you can't get it together? / Forever and a day

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for forever and a day. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA