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(emphatic, idiomatic, intensifier, qualifier:simile) Unceasingly; very; thoroughly; to a very high degree.
He shows me where the bachelors sit, and there live we as merry as the day is long.
1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:"He is direct, honest as the day is long, hard-working and a good lad to have around."
2004 October 16, G. Caulkin, B. Glanville, “Souness eyes move to take Duff back on board”, in Times Online, UK, retrieved 06 Sep 2009:They are quiet, peaceable, tractable, free from drunkenness, and they are as industrious as the day is long.
1872, Mark Twain, chapter 54, in Roughing It:Monica: Alright, wait a second! Why would Ross tell everyone in your class that you are "as gay as the day is long"?
2003, Brian Buckner and Sebastian Jones, Friends, season 9, ep. 17 The One with the Memorial Service"Oh, I don't think they would steal the box. Bart Andrews and Jack Thompson are as honest as the day is long."
1906, Horatio Alger, chapter 4, in Joe The Hotel Boy:And you shall do nothing but what you choose, and shall be as happy as the day is long.
1851 April 9, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:
Relateds
all the livelong day · all day · honest as the day · fair as the day