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Reply Wed 14 Jun, 2006 01:20 am

How to understand "They waited donkey's years for a new house."
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Reply Wed 14 Jun, 2006 04:51 am
Re: please help me!
peggy-1986 wrote:

How to understand "They waited donkey's years for a new house."
Thank you!


donkeys years means "a long time"

I think it is an accepted miss use of "donkeys ears" which are very long
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Reply Wed 14 Jun, 2006 07:07 am
thank you
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