"long time no hear" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: En-au-long time no hear.ogg
Etymology: Modelled on earlier long time no see. Head templates: {{en-interj}} long time no hear
  1. (idiomatic) I haven't heard from you for a long time. Tags: idiomatic Translations (idiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time): отдавна не сме се чували (otdavna ne sme se čuvali) (Bulgarian), откога не сме се чували (otkoga ne sme se čuvali) (Bulgarian), længe siden (Danish), langt síðan við höfum heyrst (Icelandic), lenge siden sist (Norwegian Bokmål), ско́лько лет, ско́лько зим (skólʹko let, skólʹko zim) (Russian), давно́ не обща́лись (davnó ne obščálisʹ) (Russian), det var inte igår (Swedish)
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          "roman": "otdavna ne sme se čuvali",
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          "word": "отдавна не сме се чували"
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          "sense": "idiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time",
          "word": "længe siden"
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          "sense": "idiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time",
          "word": "langt síðan við höfum heyrst"
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          "sense": "idiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time",
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          "sense": "idiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time",
          "word": "det var inte igår"
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      "sense": "idiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time",
      "word": "отдавна не сме се чували"
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      "roman": "otkoga ne sme se čuvali",
      "sense": "idiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time",
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      "sense": "idiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time",
      "word": "længe siden"
    },
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      "sense": "idiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time",
      "word": "langt síðan við höfum heyrst"
    },
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      "sense": "idiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time",
      "word": "lenge siden sist"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skólʹko let, skólʹko zim",
      "sense": "idiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time",
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    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "davnó ne obščálisʹ",
      "sense": "idiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time",
      "word": "давно́ не обща́лись"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "idiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time",
      "word": "det var inte igår"
    }
  ],
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