until Kingdom comeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

前置詞句

until Kingdom come

1. Until death, until the afterlife.

   I will love you until Kingdom come.

2. (colloquial) At overly frequent intervals.

   He pestered me until Kingdom come about the concert.

   • 2018 November 15, Jon Henley, “From here to Brexeternity: an alternative lexicon for these times”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     Brexeternity The notion that Brexit will never in fact be over; that Britain will be stuck half-in and half-out of the European Union forever, condemned to permanent and mind-numbingly awful negotiations until kingdom come (coined by Tony Blair’s Europe minister Denis MacShane).

   • 2020 July 30, Yomi Adegoke, “How 15 minutes of fame became 15 years for the perma-stars of reality TV”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     As it stands, the trajectory of the typical reality TV star is to continue appearing on each iteration of these shows until kingdom come (or until they are offered their own spin-off).