never is a long day

never is a long day
разг.
(never is a long day (time или word))
≈ как знать, это ещё мы посмотрим; не закаивайтесь (на веки вечные), так уж и никогда

‘Let me know when you change your views!’ ‘I never shall, sir.’ ‘Ah, ah! Never is a long word, Lennan.’ (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Dark Flower’, part I, ch. IX) — - Оповестите меня, когда измените свои взгляды. - Этого никогда не будет, сэр! - Ах, Леннан, никогда - срок долгий.

‘No! I won't answer it! Never! Don't talk about it! I Don't want to hear it! I'm never going to answer it again! Never! Never!..’ ‘Never?.. That's a peculiar thing for you to say, honey. Never is a long time.’ (E. Caldwell, ‘Jenny by Nature’, ch. VII) — - Нет! Я не подойду! Никогда! И не говорите мне! Я не хочу ничего слышать! Никогда больше не подойду к телефону! Никогда! Никогда!.. - Никогда?.. Что это вы так странно говорите, деточка? Так уж и никогда!


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

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