Advertisement
Advertisement
all in a day's work
Idioms and Phrases
Also, 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]Example Sentences
What was the nature of the moral collapse that turned this horror into a normality for the Nazis who ran these camps, a normality in which mass murder became, for them, all in a day's work?
“He made this unimaginable sound, he was screaming so horribly. But then finally he stopped. This was all in a day’s work for the surgeons, but it really left an impression on me because it was my first time.”
"You push Cyd, Roman knifes Gerri, all in a day's work!"
"When the bombs fell, she would just dive under the table or sleep under the bed - all in a day's work."
Cartoon monsters, slides and dance parties are all in a day’s work for Crystal Bowyer.
Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse