You might wake up one day and decide to change your life.
wake up one day
idiomTo undergo an overnight change, often an unplanned one (used with and).
He spent years working in an office until he woke up one day and realized he wanted to travel the world.
She had lived in the same quiet town for decades, only to wake up one day and find that her desire for adventure had finally outweighed her need for comfort.
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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 best one can
In the best possible way, given one's circumstances and abilities.
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as far as one knows
To the best of one's knowledge, as far as someone knows or possible information to be gathered about the topic, subject, aspect, or situation.
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as the day is long
Unceasingly; very; thoroughly; to a very high degree.
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back to square one
Located back at the start, as after a dead end or failure.
Last updated April 17, 2026