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everlasting
When used as an adjective, "everlasting" often carries a poetic or romantic tone, especially when describing love, life, or peace. In casual conversation, it can be used hyperbolically to describe something that feels like it is taking too long, such as an "everlasting queue" at the bank. When used as a noun referring to the plant, it is almost always used in the plural form ("everlastings") because people usually refer to a collection of flowers.
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🎬Tuesday afternoon, Sarah is staring at a spreadsheet while Mark is hiding in the breakroom.
Mark
David's on a tear. This meeting feels everlasting.
Sarah
I'm about to clock out mentally if he doesn't wrap it up.
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Mark uses 'everlasting' hyperbolically to describe the tedious length of a meeting. He uses the idiom 'on a tear' to describe David's aggressive or relentless mood, while Sarah uses 'clock out mentally' as a phrasal expression for stop paying attention due to exhaustion.