from here to Sunday
A long ways, a long time, or every which direction.
Updated September 21, 2026
from here to Sunday pronunciation
/frum HEER tuh SUN-day/
Meaning
Hyperbole for distance, duration, or thoroughness. You might search from here to Sunday for lost truck keys, or rant from here to Sunday about the neighbor's junk. Sunday is just a familiar end-marker that makes the stretch feel endless. Cousin of talk like "six ways to Sunday."
How folks use it
- “We've looked from here to Sunday and still can't find that socket set.”
- “He'll talk from here to Sunday if you ask about deer season.”
Origin and etymology
American rural exaggeration using the week’s end as a finish line. Exact first speaker is murky. Lives strongest in Southern and Midland storytelling, alongside other Sunday-stretched sayings. Not a church proverb so much as calendar color.