单词 | all in a day's work |
释义 | all in a day's workAlso, all in the day's work. Expected and normal, as in He said I had to finish these reports by five o'clock—all in the day's work. This phrase is sometimes used as an ironic comment on an unpleasant but not abnormal situation. The expression possibly alludes to the nautical term day's work, defined in 1789 as the reckoning of a ship's course during the 24 hours from noon to noon. [c. 1800] Words nearby all in a day's workalligator skin, alligator snapping turtle, alligator wrench, all-important, all-in, all in a day's work, all in all, all-inclusive, Allingham, all in good time, all-in-one The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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