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The English we speak from bbclearningenglish.com hello, and welcome to the English We Speak.
I'm Fifi.
And I'm Rob.
Sorry, Rob, what did you say?
I said I'm Rob.
Right.
And why have you brought a donkey into the studio?
To help with today's authentic English phrase, which is Donkey's years.
So is this about age and how I look like a donkey?
Not exactly, Fei fay.
The phrase comes from rhyming slang.
Donkey's years rhymes with donkey's ears.
Yes, yes.
Donkey's ears does rhyme with donkey's ears.
So you're saying my ears are like a donkey's?
No, no, no.
Unlike your ears, donkey's ears are long.
And when we say we haven't done something for donkey's ears, we mean we haven't done something for a long time.