Phrase guide

day in, day out

adv · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adv

Meaning 1

Every day; daily; constantly or continuously (especially, of something that has become routine or monotonous).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • Even if you like peanut butter sandwiches, eating the same sandwiches day in, day out will get old.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: day after day

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 日復一日 /日复一日 (rìfùyīrì) — every day
  • Danish: dag ind og dag ud — every day
  • Danish: dag ud og dag ind — every day
  • Danish: dag efter dag — every day
  • Dutch: dagdagelijks — every day
  • Dutch: dag in dag uit — every day
  • Dutch: dag na dag — every day
  • Finnish: päivästä toiseen — every day
  • Finnish: päivästä päivään — every day
  • French: jour après jour — every day
  • Georgian: დღენიადაგ (dɣeniadag) — every day
  • German: Tag für Tag — every day
  • German: tagtäglich — every day
  • German: tagein tagaus — every day
  • Greek: μέρα μπαίνει, μέρα βγαίνει (méra baínei, méra vgaínei) — every day
  • Hungarian: nap mint nap — every day
  • Hungarian: éjjel-nappal — every day
  • Hungarian: nap nap után — every day
  • Hungarian: napról napra — every day
  • Hungarian: megállás nélkül — every day
  • Icelandic: daginn út og daginn inn — every day
  • Icelandic: daginn út og inn — every day
  • Irish: Domhnach is dálach — every day
  • Italian: giorno dopo giorno — every day
  • Japanese: 毎日毎日 (mainichi-mainichi) — every day
  • Japanese: 明けても暮れても (aketemo-kuretemo) — every day
  • Korean: 하루하루 (haruharu) — every day
  • Korean: 나날이 (nanari) — every day
  • Polish: dzień po dniu — every day
  • Portuguese: todo dia — every day
  • Russian: день за днём (denʹ za dnjom) — every day
  • Russian: и́зо дня́ в де́нь (ízo dnjá v dénʹ) — every day
  • Spanish: día a día — every day
  • Spanish: día sí, día también — every day
  • Swedish: dag in och dag ut — every day