Meanings
- Synonym of thousand and one.
How many teardrops / Have I cried over you / A million and one / A million and two
1966, “A Million and One”, Yvonne Devaney (lyrics), performed by Billy Walker2 more examples
There is absolutely no end to the things that one can hear and see in Paris—and I have a million and one things that I want to see before I have to leave.
1930, Lee Orville Erwin, “The Letters of Lee Orville Erwin to Mary Shaver Erwin: June 1930 to May 1931”, in Michael Thomas Hix, editor, An American Organist in Paris: The Letters of Lee Orville Erwin, 1930–1931, Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 82A million and one reasons why going into business with a friend is doomed to failure.
1987, Linder Pender, “The Partners: Profiting Through Teamwork”, in Cincinnati Magazine, volume 20, number 12, page 39Synonyms: thousand and one
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseSynonym of thousand and one.
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