the other day
Recently; lately; a few days ago.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“I saw your brother the other day.”
“I ran into an old friend at the grocery store the other day and we talked for an hour.”
“While browsing through the library archives the other day, I stumbled upon a collection of letters that had been forgotten for decades.”
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a cold day in July
The time of occurrence of an event that will never happen.
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a day late and a dollar short
Too late and too feeble to achieve the desired effect.
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a year and a day
A long time.
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all one's born days
One's whole life.
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as the day is long
Unceasingly; very; thoroughly; to a very high degree.
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bad hair day
A day when things seem to be unmanageable or go wrong.
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bad old days
The past, seen as a time when things were worse.
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banyan day
In British naval tradition, a day of the week when galley kitchens served no meat on board ship.
Last updated August 10, 2026