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in all one's born days

in all one's born days idiom

Ever, as in I've never seen so much snow, not in all my born days. This folksy colloquial usage literally means “since I was born.” [Mid-1700s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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