Meanings
alternative day-in-day-out
- idiomaticEvery day; daily; constantly or continuously (especially, of something that has become routine or monotonous).
Even if you like peanut butter sandwiches, eating the same sandwiches day in, day out will get old.
1 more example
There were derailments happening day in and day out, due in part to 'shunting mishaps' but more frequently involving wagons in freight trains due to a combination of poor track and speed.
2022 January 26, John Crosse, “When the tide turned to a safer railway...”, in RAIL, number 949, page 52Synonyms: day after day
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbEvery day; daily; constantly or continuously (especially, of something that has become routine or monotonous).
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 日復一日 /日复一日
- 日復一日 /日复一日 (rìfùyīrì)every day
Danish dag ind og dag ud, dag ud og dag ind
- dag ind og dag udevery day
- dag ud og dag indevery day
- dag efter dagevery day
Dutch dagdagelijks, dag in dag uit
- dagdagelijksevery day
- dag in dag uitevery day
- dag na dagevery day
Finnish päivästä toiseen, päivästä päivään
- päivästä toiseenevery day
- päivästä päiväänevery day
French jour après jour
- jour après jourevery day
German Tag für Tag, tagtäglich
- Tag für Tagevery day
- tagtäglichevery day
- tagein tagausevery day
Greek μέρα μπαίνει, μέρα βγαίνει
- μέρα μπαίνει, μέρα βγαίνει (méra baínei, méra vgaínei)every day
Hungarian nap mint nap, éjjel-nappal
- nap mint napevery day
- éjjel-nappalevery day
- nap nap utánevery day
- napról napraevery day
- megállás nélkülevery day
Icelandic daginn út og daginn inn, daginn út og inn
- daginn út og daginn innevery day
- daginn út og innevery day
Irish Domhnach is dálach
- Domhnach is dálachevery day
Italian giorno dopo giorno
- giorno dopo giornoevery day
Japanese 毎日毎日, 明けても暮れても
- 毎日毎日 (mainichi-mainichi)every day
- 明けても暮れても (aketemo-kuretemo)every day
Korean 하루하루, 나날이
- 하루하루 (haruharu)every day
- 나날이 (nanari)every day
Polish dzień po dniu
- dzień po dniuevery day
Portuguese todo dia
- todo diaevery day
Russian день за днём, и́зо дня́ в де́нь
- день за днём (denʹ za dnjom)every day
- и́зо дня́ в де́нь (ízo dnjá v dénʹ)every day
Spanish día a día, día sí, día también
- día a díaevery day
- día sí, día tambiénevery day
Swedish dag in och dag ut
- dag in och dag utevery day
Cite this entry
day in, day out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/day%20in%2C%20day%20out
“day in, day out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/day%20in%2C%20day%20out. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “day in, day out,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/day%20in%2C%20day%20out.
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