Donkey's years

‘Donkey's years’ is used to describe a long period of time that has passed.

For example, ‘Ah, Ollie – it’s great to see you, I haven’t see you around in donkey's years’.

This expression is inseparable from donkey’s ears. In fact, these two expressions were originally a single one, donkey’s years being simply a dialectal pronunciation of donkey’s ears — or vice versa.

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