a coon's age

a coon's age
разг.
(a coon's age (жарг. a dog's age))
долгое время, целая вечность [первонач. амер.]

‘Wasn't the dinner good! And honestly I thought the fried chicken was delicious!’ ‘You bet! Fried to the Queen's taste. Best fried chicken I've tasted for a coon's age.’ (S. Lewis, ‘Babbitt’, ch. IX) — - Превосходный обед! Нет, честное слово, цыплята удались на славу! - Не стыдно и королеве подать. Я таких цыплят уж сто лет не пробовал.

It's the most beautiful outfit I've seen in a coon's age. (J. Jones, ‘Some Came Running’, book II, ch. XXV) — Давно не видел такого красивого платья.

I ain't seen him in a coon's age! (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Smoking Chimney’, ch. 13) — Я не видел шерифа Лассена целую вечность.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • coon's age — (USA) A very long time, as in I haven t seen her in a coon s age! …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • coon's age — coon s′ age n. Informal. inf a long period of time • Etymology: 1835–45, amer …   From formal English to slang

  • coon's age — ☆ coon s age n. [fanciful & emphatic < RACCOON] Informal an indefinitely long time …   English World dictionary

  • coon's\ age — • dog s age • coon s age noun informal A very long time. Usually used after for or in with a negative. Charlie Brown! I haven t seen you for a coon s age. Father hasn t had a night out with the boys in a dog s age. I waited for him for a dog s… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • coon's age — noun : a long while been sick for a coon s age * * * Informal. a long time: I haven t seen you in a coon s age! [1835 45, Amer.] …   Useful english dictionary

  • coon's age — noun Date: 1843 a long while < best fried chicken I ve tasted for a coon s age Sinclair Lewis > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • coon's age — Informal. a long time: I haven t seen you in a coon s age! [1835 45, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

  • coon's age — See in a coon s age …   English idioms

  • a coon's age — many years, a dog s age    We haven t been out to the coast in a coon s age. It s been years …   English idioms

  • a coon's age — informal a long time I haven t seen you in a coon s age! …   Useful english dictionary

  • coon's age — noun A very long time. Jarn hasnt seen Schnie in a coons age. Syn: dogs age …   Wiktionary


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