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day and age

idiom

A time period of years or more.


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  1. 01

    a cold day in July

    The time of occurrence of an event that will never happen.

  2. 02

    a day late and a dollar short

    Too late and too feeble to achieve the desired effect.

  3. 03

    a year and a day

    A long time.

  4. 04

    act one's age

    To behave in a manner appropriate to one's age.

  5. 05

    act one's age, not one's shoe size

    Synonym of act one's age (“to behave in a mature manner; to avoid being childish”).

  6. 06

    age before beauty

    A phrase said to allow older people to go before younger ones.

  7. 07

    as the day is long

    Unceasingly; very; thoroughly; to a very high degree.

  8. 08

    bad hair day

    A day when things seem to be unmanageable or go wrong.

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