how long have u been here
"I haven't seen you for ages" - meaning a long period of time has passed since seeing someone. "It took me ages to finish that project" - meaning it took a very long time to complete. "She's been talking on the phone for ages" - meaning she has been talking for a long time.
The meaning of the name Chabarwa in Shona language of the African origin is "The long awaited has been born."
A much awaited moment is a moment that you have been waiting for, anticipating, or looking forward to for a long time or what may seem like a long time.
This idiom's meaning is when someone has been a fool for a long time, they are the most foolish because they haven't learned better. A way to rephrase its meaning is.. "The longer a person's been a fool, the more foolish they are."
The sentence "How long you wait here" is not grammatically correct. A more accurate phrasing could be "How long will you wait here?" or "How long have you been waiting here?" to convey the intended meaning.
Denotative - been around for a long time. Connotative - weak, useless, fragile
The surname Langneff is a German name likely originating from the words "lang" meaning long and "neffe" which can mean nephew or cousin. It could have been used to denote a tall or long-limbed person in the family.
'It's been a long time coming' means it is something that's been waited for, usually, but not always in a positive way - as in looked forward to - for a long time.
The homograph for "long" is a word that is spelled the same way but has a different meaning. For example, "I have been waiting a long time" and "She has long hair" - both use the word "long," but in different contexts.
i have been at home
i been ok