Sometimes I don't talk for days on end. Would that bother you?
(時々僕は何日も喋らないことがある。気にするかい?)
ホームズのストーリーを現代英国で再現したBBCドラマ「シャーロック」エピソード1 "A Study in Pink" より。原作ホームズでも有名な、2人が出会った時の会話のうちの一文。これはホームズが自分の生活習慣をワトスンに告げているところ。
- for hours/days/weeks/etc on end=「何時間/何日間/何週間も継続して」(for many days, weeks etc without stopping/continuously)
- 「緋色の研究」では"I get in the dumps at times, and don't open my mouth for days on end."と言っている。
- I get in the dumps at times, and don't open my mouth for days on end. ※get down in the dumps:憂鬱になる
- He was tortured for days on end. ※be tortured:拷問される
- He's often away for weeks on end.
- She practices the violin for hours on end.
- It's been raining for days on end.
- For days on end she didn't answer the phone.
- We sometimes don't see each other for months on end, but we're still good friends.
(BDは日本でも見られるけど、DVDはリージョン違いなのでご注意を!)