as long as your/my arm
idiom
informal
: very long : having many pages, items, etc.
I had a list of things to do that was as long as your arm.
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Pendleton Roundup: The line-up of events for the annual Roundup is as long as your arm.
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oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023
Here’s a list as long as your arm, yet probably not even definitive, since the Christmas recording season is still upon us.
—Bart Bull, SPIN, 21 Dec. 2022
Thrust in a fork and pull away a strand of cheese as long as your arm.
—Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2022
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oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023
Here’s a list as long as your arm, yet probably not even definitive, since the Christmas recording season is still upon us.
—Bart Bull, SPIN, 21 Dec. 2022
Thrust in a fork and pull away a strand of cheese as long as your arm.
—Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2022
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“As long as your/my arm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20long%20as%20your%2Fmy%20arm. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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