Quote
1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.
“I’m not interested in doing things that are comfortable. I can write PJ Harvey albums until the cows come home, but that doesn’t interest me.”
- British recording artist PJ Harvey on varying her sound. (Spin)
Definition
1. Definition - Study the definition.
indefinitely; without end; for a very long time
2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.
At one point in time, people must have waited around for their cows to come in at the end of the night. Apparently that was a very slow process because, although it no longer has anything to do with animals, the idiom until the cows come home means for a very, very long time.
PJ Harvey released her first solo album in 1995 and since then she has changed her style many times. She has used blues, different styles of rock, and outrageous costumes. Her latest album, White Chalk, finds her playing piano instead of guitar and singing dark songs.
Of course, many artists make records that all sound similar. But that doesn’t interest PJ Harvey. She says she could make the same record over and over until the end of time…or until the cows come home...but she doesn’t want to. She wants to try something new every time.
PJ Harvey uses until the cows come home to mean “many years” or “forever” but you can also use it to mean for a few hours if a few hours would be a long time in the context. You could say, “My father was very angry with me so he yelled until the cows came home. The expression is just used to describe an unusually long or outrageous amount of time for something to go on.
Examples
1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.
“I can explain this to you until the cows come home but you’re just never going to get it until you try it.”
“Why, when I was a little girl, we’d light a fire and just sing and sing until the cows came home.”
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