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Faust | 18:48 Wed 10th Jul 2002 | Phrases & Sayings
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Where does the phrase "Month Of Sundays" originate?
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It means a very long time....you get one sunday a week, so a month of sundays would take between 28 and 31 weeks (depending on the month, as it were).
09:37 Thu 11th Jul 2002
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The earliest-recorded use of the phrase was in 1832 in a book by Captain Marryat - who wrote 'Midshipman Easy' etc. Whether that was where the phrase actually originated is uncertain.
12:32 Thu 11th Jul 2002
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Incitatus, I have always understood this phrase to be connected with Sundays being a day off work (we didn't used to get Saterdays off). Hence a month of Sundays would be 28-31 Sundays running consecutively. The significance being that on this day you wouldn't have your regular job to do. It might be translated as; If I had nothing at all to do for a whole month I still wouldn't get it finished. Ta, Hamish
13:20 Thu 11th Jul 2002

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