Meaning of from one day to the next | Babel Free
Definitions
- From day to day, every day.
- In the span of a day.
Examples
“He drives a different car from one day to the next.”
“They became homeless from one day to the next.”
“What I have just said, Mr. President, should serve as a sufficient answer to those who say in an ironical tone that the right of suffrage has no magic virtue in itself, and that it cannot from one day to the next transform the slave into the complete citizen, and render him capable of governing the country.”
“Let us imagine the difference between this software firm and a firm producing consumer appliances in the 1950s if from one day to the next all their employees—below the highest management levels—simply walked away to take employment elsewhere.”
“The real reason is that retirement is a traumatic experience for most people. From one day to the next they turn from fully occupied persons with responsibilities and in many cases with the powers of decision, into beings with endless hours on their hands and nothing to do.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.