long comme un jour sans pain

Literally, “long like a day without bread”.

• IPA^(key): /lɔ̃ kɔm œ̃ ʒuʁ sɑ̃ pɛ̃/

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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)

1. (simile) long as a month of Sundays, like watching paint dry, extremely long and tedious

   Synonym: interminable