day in and day out
33
3.4
- idiom
- Informal
:
día tras día
- Every day the same thing, day in and day out.
- work day in and day out
- day in and day out for years
I will work day in and day out to deliver for you.
- I will work day in and day out to deliver for you.
- And so we were covering that day in and day out.
- We see them all the time, day in and day out.
- Are you a painter and you're exposed to poison day in and day out?
- People who make who are working day in and day out do not have access to healthcare in the United States.
- I am so excited for you guys to meet and see the people that I work with day in and day out.
- So the reason why I start with that is because we as humans care about what other people think day in and day out.
- And I know that I wouldn't work in a capacity where I had to show up and do the same thing day in and day out.
- And if you if you if you think about that, I think you're going to generally make the right decision day in and day out.
- The devotion, the rigor, the commitment to maintain an awakened heart, an awakened brain, day in and day out.
Examples
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"How do you stand working in this heat day in and day out?"
Fiction book (2002) -
Being isolated day in and day out must be difficult.
Academic text (2009) -
I will work day in and day out to deliver for you.
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Yet we did this day in and day out every day.
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And I can definitely see how doing this day in and day out would get very, very hard.
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Your employees work day in and day out, and perhaps even for the weekend.
Blog text (16) -
We spend day in and day out dealing with things that we feel no family should have to go through.
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I'm just trying to expand that part of my day, day in and day out.
Blog text (4) -
You inspire all of your readers day in and day out with your style and DIYs.
Blog text (21) -
I day in and day out work to maintain my fitness and health.
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
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
95
2.3
Happens without stopping or pausing
65
2.2
Happens again and again for many days in a row
59
3.0
Happens all day and all night without stopping
37
3.6
Happens every day for a long time in the same boring way
24
3.9
Happening all day and all night without stopping
22
6.3
In a way that continues without stopping for a long time
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
7
3.0
Happens all day and night without stopping
6
5.4
Happens every year or for a long time
2
6.6
In a way that does not stop
1
2.5
All the time without stopping
How Often
740
1.0
- Informal
33
3.4
∞
1.0
386
1.0
∞
1.0
438
2.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The repeated 'day' elements signal repetition (day after day), so a learner who knows 'day', 'in' and 'out' can often infer the general idea of something happening continuously. However, the fixed pairing 'day in and day out' is a conventionalized idiom whose precise sense (especially the nuance of monotony or routine) is not fully predictable from the literal meanings of 'in' and 'out', so prior exposure helps.
Etymology
Day in and day out comes from the simple image of the same day coming 'in' and going 'out' again and again, like the sun rising and setting each day. So it now means 'continuously' or 'repeatedly' for a long time.