I have seen this movie as many times as the number of strands of hair on my head

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Hello

Is there an expression which means "a lot of times"? In my language we have an expression which literally translates to "as many times as the number of strands of hair on my head".

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I have seen this movie as many times as the number of strands of hair on my head.

I have listened to this song as many times as the number of strands of hair on my head.

They have slept together as many times as the number of strands of hair on my head


I am looking for an idiom or an expression or an interesting way of expressing this.
 

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Try those (add to "I've listened to this song"):
ad nauseam
ad infinitum
time and again
as many times as I would care to remember
umpteen times
oodles of times

[The last two are informal]
 

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I've seen this movie more times than I've had hot dinners.
 
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I've seen this movie more times than I've had hot dinners.

That is exactly what I wanted my friend.

The dictionary says it is British.

What do Americans say?
 

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That is exactly what I wanted, my friend.

The dictionary says it is British.

What do Americans say?

I've just seen it for the first time, but I like it.
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I have seen this movie as many times as the number of strands of hair on my head.
We don't use this expression, though we might say I have seen this movie as many times as the number of hairs on my head.

(Since you ask, the average human scalp has 100,000 hair follicles. [read more])
 
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We don't use this expression, though we might say I have seen this movie as many times as the number of hairs on my head.

(Since you ask, the average human scalp has 100,000 hair follicles. [read more])

That is interesting because it's exactly similar to the expression in our language.
 

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A simple way to say this in American English is I've seen this film more times than I can count.
 

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We don't use this expression, though we might say I have seen this movie as many times as the number of hairs on my head.

(Since you ask, the average human scalp has 100,000 hair follicles. [read more])

But unlike "more times than I've had hot dinners", this one is not in the dictionary.
 

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We don't use this expression, though we might say I have seen this movie as many times as the number of hairs on my head.

(Since you ask, the average human scalp has 100,000 hair follicles. [read more])


I am sorry but I have not been able to find examples of this on the Internet.
 

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See above.


I'm sorry but I don't understand. Is "as many times as the number of hairs on my head" a common and fixed expression or did our friend translate my idiom?
 

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We don't say exactly similar.

If two things are identical they are the same. If they are similar they resemble each other, but they are not identical.
 
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We don't say exactly similar.

If two things are identical they arr3 the same. If they are similar they resemble each other, but they are not identical.

I see your point. But is "as many times as the number of hairs on my head" a common and fixed expression?
 

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I see your point. But is "as many times as the number of hairs on my head" a common and fixed expression?

No. I don't think I've ever heard it used. It sounds rather odd to me.
 

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No. I don't think I've ever heard it used. It sounds rather odd to me.

But it was suggested by ROVER who happens to be a native speaker. But then again his is British, I presume.
 
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