long days
Summer's stretched hours
Long days describes periods that feel extended, whether literally or subjectively.
In literal use, long days have many daylight hours—summer brings long days to northern latitudes.
More often the phrase describes days that feel exhausting or endless: After three long days of negotiations, they finally reached an agreement.
It's been a long day acknowledges weariness, signaling you're ready for rest.
- summerYear's warmest season
- summer solsticeLongest daylight of year
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- sunsetDay yielding to darkness
- endlessWithout termination or boundary
never ending · time drags · tiredness · overtime · hard work · sunlight · grueling · marathon · dusk · solstice · fatigue · stretch · drag · weariness · worn out · twilight · late nights · labor
- summersummer, summertime, midsummer, summer solstice, solstice
- summer themessummer romance, summer nostalgia, summer solstice, summer festivals, summer love
- northern weatherblizzard, blizzards, snowfall, cold snap, cold
- summer nostalgiafireflies, ice cream truck, sprinklers, sunburn, tan lines
long daysshort days
Minimal sunlight hours
dark days · long nights · polar night · winter darkness · midwinter
long, days, longer, longest, longish, lengthy, length, lengthen, lengthening