FOREVER
(also see TIME)
ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS
► AD INFINITUM to infinity; again and again; endlessly, forever → 1596
► ALL DAYS always, forever → c1000 obs.
► EVER AND END forever, continually; for a very long time → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► EVER AND ON forever, continually; for a very long time → Bk1900 Sc.
► FOR GOOD AND ALWAYS forever → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► FOR KEEPS forever → 1861
► FOREVER AND AMEN forever → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► SINCE ADAM WAS A BOY for a long time → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► SINCE COCKY WAS AN EGG for a long time → Bk1999 Aust. sl.
► SINCE FANNY WAS A GIRL’S NAME for a long time → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► SINCE GOD KNOWS WHEN for a long time → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► SINCE GOD WAS A LITTLE BOY for a long time → 1959 Amer. dial.
► SINCE HECK WAS A PUP for a long time → Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
► ‘TILL ALL IS BLUE forever → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► ‘TILL HELL FREEZES OVER forever → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► ‘TILL LOS ANGELES RIVER WETS ITS BED forever → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► ‘TILL THE COW GIVES BEER forever → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► ‘TILL THE COWS COME HOME forever → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► WITHOUT TIME forever, eternally → a1400 obs.
NOUNS
► DOG’S AGE a long time → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► DONKEY’S YEARS a long time → Bk1942 Amer. colloq.
PHRASES
► FROM NOW TO JUVEMBER forever; a long time → 1980 Amer. dial.
► TILL THE MOON COME NEVER forever → 1844 Sc.
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