TILL THE COWS COME HOME

Meaning of TILL THE COWS COME HOME in English

for a long time, for days or weeks

A letter from Dave? You'll be waiting till the cows come home!

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

TILL THE COWS COME HOME — expr infml You'll be waiting till the cows come home — Ты будешь ждать целую вечность We decided to stay away till …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
TILL THE COWS COME HOME — expr infml You'll be waiting till the cows come home — Ты будешь ждать целую вечность We decided to stay …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
TILL THE COWS COME HOME — cows come home, till the expr infml You'll be waiting till the cows come home Ты будешь ждать целую вечность …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
TILL THE COWS COME HOME — You'll be waiting till the cows come home — Ты будешь ждать целую вечность We decided to stay away till …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
TILL THE COWS COME HOME — never, not at any time
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TILL THE COWS COME HOME — informal for an indefinitely long time. → cow
Concise Oxford English vocab
TILL THE COWS COME HOME — ( informal ) for a very long time; for ever
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TILL THE COWS COME HOME — {adv. phr.} Until sunset; until the last. * /The women in the country used to sit in the spinning room …
Slang English vocab
TILL THE COWS COME HOME — {adv. phr.} Until sunset; until the last. * /The women in the country used to sit in the spinning room …
Словарь английских идиом
TILL THE COWS COME HOME — for a long time, for days or weeks A letter from Dave? You'll be waiting till the cows come home!
English Idioms vocab
TILL THE COWS COME HOME — adv. phr. Until sunset; until the last. The women in the country used to sit in the spinning room making …
American Idioms English vocabulary
TILL THE COWS COME HOME — после дождичка в четверг
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TILL THE COWS COME HOME — после дождичка в четверг
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
COME — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bill comes to sth (= is for that amount ) ▪ The bill …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TILL — I. preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES from morning till night (= all day – used for emphasis ) ▪ He …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOME — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a home birth (= when a woman gives birth at home, not in a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TILL — I In geology, the unsorted material deposited directly by glacial ice and showing no stratification. Till is sometimes called boulder …
Английский словарь Британика
TILL — I. preposition also til t ə l ( often d. ə l after a vowel ), tə̇l Etymology: Middle English, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOME — I. ˈhōm, dial with vowel ˈə or a vowel approaching it noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English hoom, hom, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COME — I. ˈkəm; often when a stressed syllable, especially an adverb or preposition syllable, follows without pause _kəm verb ( came …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COWS — plural of cow present third singular of cow
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TILL — (v. t.) To; unto; up to; as far as; until; -- now used only in respect to time, but formerly, …
Английский словарь Webster
COWS — (pl. ) of Cow
Английский словарь Webster
TILL — ( v. t. ) To; unto; up to; as far as; until; -- now used only in respect to time, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COWS — ( pl. ) of Cow
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TILL — till 1 /til/ , prep. 1. up to the time of; until: to fight till death. 2. before (used in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOME — /hohm/ , n., adj., adv., v., homed, homing . n. 1. a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COME — /kum/ , v. , came, come, coming , n. v.i. 1. to approach or move toward a particular person or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TILL — I. t ə l, təl, ˈtil preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English til; akin to Old Norse til to, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOME — I. ˈhōm noun Etymology: Middle English hom, from Old English hām village, home; akin to Old High German heim home, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COME — I. ˈkəm verb ( came ˈkām ; come ; com·ing ˈkə-miŋ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cuman; akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TILL — noun a vetch; a tare. 2. till ·vi to cultivate land. 3. till ·noun a tray or drawer in a …
Webster English vocab
HOME — adv close; closely. 2. home ·noun ·see homelyn. 3. home ·noun the home base; he started for home. 4. home …
Webster English vocab
COWS — pl of cow. kine ·pl of cow.
Webster English vocab
COME — p.p. of come. 2. come ·noun coming. 3. come ·noun to approach or arrive, as if by a journey or …
Webster English vocab
TILL — [till] prep [ME, fr. OE til; akin to ON til to, till, OE til good] (bef. 12c) 1 chiefly Scot: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOME — [home] n [ME hom, fr. OE ham village, home; akin to OHG heim home] (bef. 12c) 1 a: one's place …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COME — [come] vb came ; come ; com.ing [ME, fr. OE cuman; akin to OHG queman to come, L venire, Gk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TILL — in geology, unsorted material deposited directly by glacial ice and showing no stratification. Till is sometimes called boulder clay because …
Britannica English vocabulary
HOME — home BrE AmE həʊm AmE hoʊm ▷ homed həʊmd AmE hoʊmd ▷ homes həʊmz AmE hoʊmz ▷ homing ˈhəʊm ɪŋ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TILL — / tɪl; NAmE / conjunction , preposition , noun , verb ■ conjunction , preposition = until : We're open …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOME — / həʊm; NAmE hoʊm/ noun , adjective , adverb , verb ■ noun HOUSE, etc. 1. [ C , U …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COME — / kʌm; NAmE / verb , exclamation , noun ■ verb ( came / keɪm; NAmE / come ) TO …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TILL — I. till 1 S1 /tɪl, tl/ BrE AmE preposition , conjunction spoken until: I didn’t have a boyfriend till I …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOME — I. home 1 S1 W1 /həʊm $ hoʊm/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ homeless , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COME — I. come 1 S1 W1 /kʌm/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense came /keɪm/, past participle come ) [intransitive] [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TILL — prep. & conj. --prep. 1 up to or as late as (wait till six o'clock; did not return till night). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOME — n., adj., adv., & v. --n. 1 a the place where one lives; the fixed residence of a family or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COME — v. & n. --v.intr. (past came; past part. come) 1 move, be brought towards, or reach a place thought of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TILL — prep. & conj. prep. 1 up to or as late as (wait till six o'clock; did not return till night). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOME — n., adj., adv., & v. n. 1 a the place where one lives; the fixed residence of a family or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COME — v. & n. v.intr. (past came; past part. come) 1 move, be brought towards, or reach a place thought of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TILL — 1. prep. & conj. --prep. 1. up to or as late as (wait till six o'clock; did not return till …
Oxford English vocab
HOME — n., adj., adv., & v. --n. 1. a the place where one lives; the fixed residence of a family or …
Oxford English vocab
COME — v. & n. --v.intr. (past came; past part. come) 1. move, be brought towards, or reach a place thought of …
Oxford English vocab
HOME — I. NOUN, ADJECTIVE, AND ADVERB USES /hoʊm/ ( homes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TILL — ( tills) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. In spoken English and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COME — ( comes, coming, came) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TILL — (MONEY DRAWER), US usually register [noun] [C] - the drawer in a cash register (= a machine in a shop …
Cambridge English vocab
TILL — n. Eulenspiegel Till no till farming till less agriculture
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TILL — Synonyms and related words : Fort Knox, backset, bank, before, blackmail, boodle, booty, bursary, cash register, cashbox, chest, coffer, coin …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOME — Synonyms and related words : Heaven, Paradise, VA hospital, Vaterland, a better place, abode, accessible, adept in, afterlife, afterworld, almshouse, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COME — Synonyms and related words : accomplish, accost, achieve, achieve satisfaction, acquire, add up, add up to, advance, affect, aggregate, amount …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TILL — See: ROB THE TILL or HAVE ONE'S HAND IN THE TILL.
Slang English vocab

English Idioms vocabulary

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