long comme un jour sans pain
French edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “long like a day without bread”.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
long comme un jour sans pain (feminine longue comme un jour sans pain, masculine plural longs comme un jour sans pain, feminine plural longues comme un jour sans pain)
- (simile) long as a month of Sundays, like watching paint dry, extremely long and tedious
- Synonym: interminable