how long is a piece of string (English, phrase)
expansion: How long is a piece of string?
Senses:
glosses: Used as a response to a question such as "How long will it take?" or "How big is it?" when the length or size is unknown, infinite, variable, or relative.
tags: colloquial
humorous
often
rhetoric
Forms:
form: How long is a piece of string
tags: canonical