until the cows come home
/ənˌtɪl ðə ˈkaʊz kʌm ˌhəʊm/INFORMAL · B2
中文對應近似對應
沒完沒了
字面意思: «直到乳牛回家»
意思
for a very long time
很長很長時間.
例句
- 1You can argue until the cows come home, but I'm not changing my mind.
- 2Those two could talk about football until the cows come home.
- 3We could discuss the paint colour until the cows come home, so let's just choose one.
- 4You can wait until the cows come home; that shop never answers its phone.
- 5Do you want to practise that song until the cows come home, or can we stop now?
文法
固定片語,不變化。通常放在子句末尾,跟在 talk、wait 或 argue 等動詞之後。till 可替換 until。
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