| 释义 |
dog's age a dog's ageAn exceptionally long period of time. It's been a dog's age since I worked one of these machines, but I'll give it a shot!See also: agedog's agesee under coon's age. See also: agea dog's ageA long time. An American slang term dating from about 1830, this expression doesn’t make a great deal of sense, since the average dog is not especially long-lived. It appeared in print in 1836: “That blamed line gale has kept me in bilboes such a dog’s age” (Knickerbocker magazine).See also: age |