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Me: how long will dad be at the shops

Mum: he will be a long time
Not for a long time. - Not for like 2 days
Long time by Tifhfu October 7, 2018

Long time no see 

"Long time no see" means: I have not seen you for a long time.

It is a grammatically comical greeting with English words organized by Chinese grammar. In Chinese there is an everyday greeting "Hao jiu mei jian" which corresponds with "long time no see", literally word by word. It is said that "Long time no see" was first used by Chinese-Americans.
Long time no see! Cuban ex-President Fidel Castro makes a rare photographed appearance.
Long time no see by zhw7 September 3, 2009

long time coming 

1. Something that's long overdue.

2. Something that should've happened a long time ago.
It's been a long time coming.

Long Time China Time 

"Long Time China Time", Used as slang by me and others since the late 2000's, is perhaps a variation on the phrase/movie "Big Trouble Little China", and is a rhyme used to describe a long or significant event or period of time, especially dealing with matters of trouble or intensity for example: A 6 year drought, Substantial prison terms, Getting busted in rehab and having to do the entire house's dishes for 7 days in a row, Vacations gone bad, etc.
Jody explains to Heidi how Ralph was caught after developing a habit of manipulating the balance sheet at the company he worked for in order to steal funds for himself. Heidi shakes her head in a partially humorous sigh and replies "Loooong time china time".

"It was 'Long time china time' for the residents of Andy's off campus Frat House, as they have continued to battle severe and resistant bed bug infestation for over a year now", Jack mentioned to John over a few cold ones at the local tavern

long time, no siege 

What a victim of playing too much age of empires 2 says when he sees someone he hasn't seen for a while.

A statement used in Age of Empires 2 when you want your opponent to attack and he/she/it is stalling... -_-"