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how long is a piece of string
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Phrase
How long
is
a
piece
of
string
?
(
colloquial
,
often
humorous
,
rhetorical question
)
Used as a response to a question such as "How long will it take?" or "How big is it?" when the length or size is
unknown
,
infinite
,
variable
, or
relative
.