與日、夜相關(guān)的慣用語(yǔ)

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每天都要經(jīng)歷的“日”和“夜”與慣用語(yǔ)的關(guān)系很密切,下列例句足以為證:
    (1) All night long: 整夜 Some stores stay open all night long.
    (2) Call it a day: 一天工作完畢 We have class from 9am and will call it a day at 4.30pm.
    (3) Day after day: 每天 It is boring to do the same things in school day after day.
    (4)Day in day out: 一天又一天 Henry wears the same old jeans day in day out.
    (5)For a rainy day: 為困難的日子作準(zhǔn)備 When a person gets older, he will realize the importance of saving for a rainy day.
    (6)In this day and age: 在現(xiàn)在這時(shí)代 In this day and age, no one can expect to get something out of nothing.
    (7)Have an off day: 不大成功或順利的一天
    Tom did not do well in yesterday's test. He considered him unlucky enough to have an offday.
    (8)The order of the day: 一般的慣例
    In a petroleum station here, payment by credit card is the order of the day.
    (9)The other day: 幾天前 I bumped into an old friend the other day.
    (10)To this day: (指日期)準(zhǔn)確地 It is 40 years to this day that I left university.
    (11)Have seen better days: 曾經(jīng)歷過(guò)好日子
    Jack was an office head in that university before he came here. He has seen better days.
    (12)Some day: 將來(lái) Everyone hopes to be great some day.
    (13) One's days are numbered: 末日將臨:
    Under computerization, unskilled workers become redundant. Their days in a company arenumbered.