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What does the saying till the cows come home mean?

till the cows come home means when you are waiting pacentlly


According to the saying if you do something for a long time you do it till the cows what?

Come Home


When was Till the Cows Come Home created?

Till the Cows Come Home was created in 1997.


What is the origin of til the cows come home?

"talk" TIL THE COWS COME HOME (or any other activity that can be long and drawn out) comes from the farming communities where everybody knows that the cows never come home unless you bring them - or send the dog to bring them home.Talk til the cows come home, therefore means longwinded.


When do the cows come home?

If you talk to a dairy farmer who grazes his cows they are taken home morning and evening for milking, but in a natural state they would never come home.


Til the cows come home?

A long time


What actors and actresses appeared in Till the Cows Come Home - 2009?

The cast of Till the Cows Come Home - 2009 includes: Kim Emerson as Mr. Carlyle Oliver Singer as Jim


How long does phenylalanine stay in the system?

til the cows come home


What is the square root of two?

the square root of 2 is unknown. it is an irrational number, meaning it goes on and on till the cows come home


How do you say We'll party till the cows come home in German?

ENGLISH: We'll party till the cows come home. GERMAN: Wir feiern bis die Kühe nach Hause kommen.


What is the meaning of the Kenyan surname Kiprotich?

One who was born when the cows were returning home from grazing.


Where did the saying till the cows come home come from?

Cows are notoriously languid creatures and make their way home at their own unhurried pace. That's certainly the imagery behind 'until the cows come home', but the precise time and place of the coining of this colloquial phrase isn't known. It was certainly before 1829 though, and may well have been in Scotland. The phrase appeared in print in The Times in January that year, when the paper reported a suggestion of what the Duke of Wellington should do if he wanted to maintain a place as a minister in Peel's cabinet:If the Duke will but do what he unquestionably can do, and propose a Catholic Bill with securities, he may be Minister, as they say in Scotland "until the cows come home."Groucho Marx was never one to pass up an opportunity for a play on words and this occurs in his dialogue of the 1933 film Duck Soup:"I could dance with you till the cows come home. Better still, I'll dance with the cows and you come home."Source: The Phrase FinderAnother possible origin comes from the 12th century scotish laird Thomas the Rhymer in one of his predictions he statesWhen the Cows of o' Gowrie come to land The Judgement Day is near at hand"The Cows of Gowrie, two boulders near Invergowrie protruding from the Firth of Tay, are said to approach the land at the rate of an inch a year. Ref. Wikipedia, Thomas the Rhymer