Daily life
hours and hours
a very long time
“Hours and hours” means a very long period of time, often longer than expected.
Hear it in real life
Why are you still awake?
I was working on this report for hours and hours.
We talked for hours and hours after the concert ended.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I spent hour and hours on it.
Say: I spent hours and hours on it.
Repeat the plural noun “hours” in both parts of this phrase.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
for hours and hours; spend hours and hours doing something
Your turn: say it out loud
We talked for hours and hours after the concert ended.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
hours and hours
a very long time
“We talked for hours and hours after the concert ended.”
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