(all) the livelong day
idiom
old-fashioned + humorous
: all day
I've been working all the livelong day.
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Who knows what their bosses thought, and the GOP will complain all the livelong day.
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Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
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’Tis the season…for spritzing with hand sanitizer all the livelong day.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2024
In fact, all that high-minded thinking sounds more like how some bloodless and very smart computer might happily spend the livelong day.
—Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
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Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
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Revolve
’Tis the season…for spritzing with hand sanitizer all the livelong day.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2024
In fact, all that high-minded thinking sounds more like how some bloodless and very smart computer might happily spend the livelong day.
—Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
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“(all) the livelong day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%28all%29%20the%20livelong%20day. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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