day in, day out
37
3.6
- idiom
- Informal
:
día tras día
- Day in and day out, they've trained how to run bases and accurately assess the situation.
- day in, day out all year
Examples
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I see many people who just seem to live life day in, day out the exact same way.
Blog text (7) -
I mean, it's become a problem that they've had to deal with... day in, day out, week to week.
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I just call it the way I see it and I see a lot day in and day out.
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" I know many, many people who do their bit, day in and day out.
Blog text (18) -
You are the one that does the work day in and day out.
Blog text (16) -
Your employees work day in and day out, and perhaps even for the weekend.
Blog text (16) -
How do you people deal with this day in and day out?
Blog text (6) -
Being isolated day in and day out must be difficult.
Academic text (2009) -
They were teachers, and they were doing the work day in, day out.
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The workers follow the same routine, day in, day out, without any changes.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Happens without stopping
∞
1.0
During the whole day without stopping
740
1.0
Very often or all the time without stopping
386
1.0
Often at the same or fixed times
382
1.0
It happens again and again
193
1.0
During the whole day without stopping
139
2.9
Happening again and again over time, often with short breaks
65
2.2
Happens again and again for many days in a row
59
3.0
Happens all day and all night without stopping
33
3.4
Every day for a long time without any change
24
3.9
Happening all day and all night without stopping
20
2.4
Available at any time, both during the day and at night
10
3.7
For many days in a row without stopping
8
3.2
Happening all day and night without stopping
1
2.5
All the time without stopping
Antonyms
How Often
740
1.0
- Informal
37
3.6
386
1.0
∞
1.0
∞
1.0
438
2.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The repetition of 'day' together with the contrasting particles 'in' and 'out' conveys a sense of repeated, ongoing occurrence, so learners who know 'day', 'in' and 'out' can often infer the basic meaning 'every day' or 'continuously'. However, the idiomatic fixed phrasing and the specific nuance of monotonous, routine continuity is not entirely predictable from the literal parts, so prior exposure helps. Cross-linguistic parallels (e.g. 'day after day') make the general idea accessible, but the exact phrasing is only partially compositional.
Etymology
Day in, day out gives a simple picture: the same days come and go, day in, day out, like a person doing the same job every day. That's why it means 'continuously' or 'repeatedly' over a long time.