Cows are notoriously languid creatures and make their way home at their own unhurried pace. That's certainly the imagery behind 'till the cows come home' or 'until the cows come home', but the precise time and place of the coining of this colloquial phrase isn't known. (source)
These days the phrase is used to indicate something is taking a long time to happen or something will happen indefinitely.
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