hang heavy

English

Verb

hang heavy (third-person singular simple present hangs heavy, present participle hanging heavy, simple past and past participle hung heavy)

1. (idiomatic) Of time or a time period: to seem to pass slowly; to crawl.
   • 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)[1]

     The town of Tompasobaru, a six-hour drive from Tangkoko, is known for the fragrant cloves that carpet the front yards of homes, drying on tarps in the sun. But in the town’s open market, the air hung heavy with the metallic smell of the butcher’s wares.

   • 1868, Anthony Trollope, Phineas Finn:

     What was it all, to have a duke and to have lords dining with her, to dine with lords or with a duke itself, if life were dull with her, and the hours hung heavy!

Derived terms

• time hangs heavy
• time hangs heavily