Idiom
rue the day
Meaning
To seriously regret one's actions.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You will rue the day you lied to me.”
“If you continue to ignore your health, you will surely rue the day you decided to skip your doctor's appointments.”
“The king realized too late that his betrayal of the alliance would cause him to rue the day he chose power over loyalty.”
Examples
simple
“You will rue the day you lied to me.”
contextual
“If you continue to ignore your health, you will surely rue the day you decided to skip your doctor's appointments.”
complex
“The king realized too late that his betrayal of the alliance would cause him to rue the day he chose power over loyalty.”
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