Meaning of rue the day | Babel Free

Definitions

To seriously regret one's actions.

idiomatic

Examples

“I: I think there may be something living in there. I think there may be something alive. Withnail: What d'you mean? A rat? I: It's possible. It's possible. Withnail: Then the fucker will rue the day!”

“As far as they were concerned, he must be ruing the day he ever met Sally.”

“Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark”

CEFR level