慣用語主題: 家

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

  1. 1You can argue until the cows come home, but I'm not changing my mind.
  2. 2Those two could talk about football until the cows come home.
  3. 3We could discuss the paint colour until the cows come home, so let's just choose one.
  4. 4You can wait until the cows come home; that shop never answers its phone.
  5. 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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