long time no hear

interjection

I haven't heard from you for a long time.

“Dave! Long time no hear! How has Boston been treating you?”

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Meanings

interjection
  1. idiomaticI haven't heard from you for a long time.

    Dave! Long time no hear! How has Boston been treating you?

Origin

Modelled on earlier long time no see.

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Translations

Bulgarian отдавна не сме се чували, откога не сме се чували
  • отдавна не сме се чували (otdavna ne sme se čuvali)idiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time
  • откога не сме се чували (otkoga ne sme se čuvali)idiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time
Danish længe siden
  • længe sidenidiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time
Icelandic langt síðan við höfum heyrst
  • langt síðan við höfum heyrstidiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time
Norwegian Bokmål lenge siden sist
  • lenge siden sistidiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time
Polish kopę lat
  • kopę latidiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time
Russian ско́лько лет, ско́лько зим, давно́ не обща́лись
  • ско́лько лет, ско́лько зим (skólʹko let, skólʹko zim)idiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time
  • давно́ не обща́лись (davnó ne obščálisʹ)idiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time
Spanish dichosos los oídos, dichosos los oídos que te oyen
  • dichosos los oídosidiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time
  • dichosos los oídos que te oyenidiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time
  • cuánto tiempo sin oírteidiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time
  • tanto tiempo sin oír de vosidiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time
  • a los añosidiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time
  • hace tiempo que no oigo de vosidiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time
  • hace mucho que no te oigoidiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time
  • añales sin oírteidiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time
  • añares sin oír de vosidiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time
  • añales que no te oigoidiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time
  • añares que no oigo de vosidiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time
Swedish det var inte igår
  • det var inte igåridiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time
Cite this entry
APA

long time no hear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long%20time%20no%20hear

MLA

“long time no hear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long%20time%20no%20hear. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “long time no hear,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long%20time%20no%20hear.

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