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• a list as long as arm
• a long face
• a long haul
• a long row to hoe
• a long shot
• a week is a long time in politics
• ain’t long enough
• all day long
• all night long
• Art is long and life is short
• as long as
• as the day is long
• at (long) last
• at last
• at long last
• be a long shot
• be as honest as the day is long
• be long for this world
• be long in the tooth
• be not long for this world
• before long
• by a long chalk
• by a long shot
• come a long way
• creaking door hangs longest
• draw out
• for the long haul
• go a long way
• go a long way toward
• go a long way toward doing
• go back a long way
• go far
• happy as the day is long
• have a face like a wet weekend
• have a long memory
• have come a long way
• haven't seen you in a long time
• He lives long who lives well
• He who laughs last, laughs longest
• He who sups with the devil should have a long spoon
• How long is a piece of string?
• in the long run
• in the long term
• It is a long lane that has no turning
• It'll be a long day in January
• It's a long story
• Kings have long arms
• list as long as (one's) arm
• little pitchers have long ears
• long about
• long absent, soon forgotten
• long ago
• long and short of it, the
• long and the short of it
• long arm
• long arm of the law
• long arm of the law, the
• long bread
• long dozen
• long drink
• long drink of water
• long face
• long finger
• long for
• long game
• long gone
• long green
• long haul
• long hours
• long in the tooth
• long knife
• long memory
• long on
• long on and short on
• long pig
• long pork
• long run
• long shot
• long shot, a
• long since
• long story short
• long suit
• long time
• Long time no see
• long time, no hear
• longest way round is the shortest way home
• long-playing record
• long-run
• long-tall-Sally
• long-winded
• make a long arm for (something)
• make a long story short
• merry as a cricket
• not by a long chalk
• not by a long shot
• not long for
• not long for this world
• old sins cast long shadows
• old sins have long shadows
• on the long finger
• over the long haul
• over the long term
• put (something) on the long finger
• Short reckonings make long friends
• so long
• so long as
• take a long hard look at
• Take a long walk off a short pier
• take a long walk on a short pier
• take a long, hard look at
• take the long count
• take the long view
• the long and the short of it
• the long arm of the law
• the longest pole knocks the persimmon
• the short and the long of it
• they that live longest see most
• think long and hard
• to cut a long story short
• to make a long story short
• will go a long way
• yap, yap, yapping all day long