donkey's years

donkey's years

noun, chiefly British

Definition of DONKEY'S YEARS

a long or seemingly long period of time <the greengrocer and the fishmonger haven't spoken in donkey's years>

Synonyms aeon (or eon), blue moon, coon's age, cycle, donkey's years [chiefly British], eternity, forever, long, months, moon

Related Words infinity; lifetime

Near Antonyms flash, instant, jiffy, minute, moment, second, shake, split second, trice, twinkle, twinkling, wink; microsecond, nanosecond