Fixed expressions
Idioms
English fixed expressions — phrases whose meaning isn't obvious from the individual words. Each entry shows the meaning, an example sentence, and its register.
Idioms containing day, including its inflections. Clear word filter
at the end of the day
CEFR B1ultimately; when everything is considered
call it a day
CEFR B1To decide to stop working on something for now.
good old days
CEFR B1a time in the past remembered as happier or better
in the early days
CEFR B1during the beginning stages of something
make someone's day
CEFR B1to make someone very happy
save for a rainy day
CEFR B1to put money aside for future emergencies
all in a day's work
CEFR B2a task treated as routine because it belongs to someone's normal duties
it's early days
CEFR B2it is too soon to know how something will turn out
save the day
CEFR B2to prevent failure or disaster through a timely action
see the light of day
CEFR B2be created, published, or finally made available for people to see
it will be a cold day in hell before
CEFR C1used to say emphatically that a particular event will never happen