day after day

English

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Adverb

day after day (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) For an indefinite number of days.

   Day after day they added entries.

   The images we see day after day numb us.

   • 1956, Harry S. Truman, chapter 24, in Memoirs of Harry S. Truman: Years of Trial And Hope‎^[1], volume II, Doubleday & Company, →OCLC, page 371:

     Throughout October the campaign in Korea made excellent progress. Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, was taken on October 19, and day after day MacArthur's forces were on the march.

   • 1983, Men At Work (lyrics and music), “Overkill”, in Cargo:

     Day after day it reappears
     Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear
     Ghosts appear and fade away

   • 1989 July 11, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes‎^[2] (comic strip):

     Fine, I will. And YOU can start washing your OWN clothes, and fixing your OWN meals, and picking up your OWN toys, and making your OWN bed, and cleaning up your OWN messes, day after day after DAY!

Usage notes

• Used to convey imperfective aspect regarding a period not ended as of the reference point.
• Often used in extended forms such as day after day after day to show emphasis.

Coordinate terms

• year after year
• hour after hour
• month after month
• minute after minute
• night after night
• second after second

Related terms

• See dayslong § Related terms

Translations

For an indefinite number of days

• Arabic: يَوْمًا بَعْدَ يَوْم (yawman baʕda yawm)
• Carrier: lhan'at dzin
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 日復一日／日复一日 (zh) (rì fù yī rì), 連日／连日 (zh) (liánrì)

• Danish: dag efter dag
• Dutch: dag in dag uit
• Esperanto: tago post tago
• Estonian: päev-päevalt
• Finnish: päivä toisensa jälkeen
• French: jour après jour (fr)
• German: Tag für Tag (de)
• Hindi: तारीख पे तारीख (tārīkh pe tārīkh), तारीख पर तारीख (tārīkh par tārīkh), दिन प्रतिदिन (din pratidin)
• Hungarian: nap nap után, nap mint nap, napról napra (hu)
• Ido: diope (io)
• Italian: giorno dopo giorno
• Japanese: 連日 (ja) (れんじつ, renjitsu), 来る日も来る日も (くるひもくるひも, kuruhimokuruhimo)
• Korean: 연일(連日) (yeonil)
• Malay: hari demi hari
• Norwegian: dag etter dag
• Polish: dzień w dzień, dzień za dniem
• Romanian: zi de zi
• Russian: день за днём (denʹ za dnjom)
• Swedish: dag efter dag
• Turkish: günden güne (tr)
• Vietnamese: ngày này qua ngày khác

References

• “day after day”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.