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day and night en · ADV

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) All the time; round the clock; unceasingly.
    • Kiko has it bad enough right now, with reporters stalking her day and night 2013, Marianne Levy, Ellie May Can Definitely be Trusted to Keep a Secret, →ISBN:
    • Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 9:1:
    • We were firing at top speed day and night on counter-battery work, neutralisation, and aeroplane shoots, and all spare men were commandeered to help feed the guns. 2012, J.J. Webber, 178 Siege Battery R.G.A.: B.E.F. France: 1916-1918, page 15:

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Translations (53)

hu éjt nappallá téve (all the time) · hy օր ու գիշեր (all the time) · ko 주야 (all the time) · hi सुब्ह शाम (all the time) · he יומם ולילה (all the time) · fi yötä päivää (all the time) · cs ve dne v noci (all the time) · fr jour et nuit (all the time) · gl noite e día (all the time) · pl dzień i noc (all the time) · ru де́нно и но́щно (all the time) · az gecə-gündüz (all the time) · ml രാപകൽ (all the time) · hu éjjel-nappal (all the time) · hi दिन रात (all the time) · ar صَبَاحَ مَسَاءَ (all the time) · te పగలు రాత్రి (all the time) · bn দিবারাত্রি (all the time) · fa روز و شب (all the time) · ta இரவுபகல் (all the time) · fa شبانهروز (all the time) · es día y noche (all the time) · sh дан и ноћ (all the time) · he יומם וליל (all the time) · ja 昼も夜も (all the time) · tr sabah akşam (all the time) · nl dag en nacht (all the time) · el νυχθημερόν (all the time) · pt dia e noite (all the time) · ml ദിനരാത്രം (all the time) · ml അഹോരാത്രം (all the time) · ru днём и но́чью (all the time) · cmn 晝夜 /昼夜 (all the time) · ur صُبْح و شام (all the time) · ur دِن رات (all the time) · bn অহর্নিশি (all the time) · ta ராத்திரியும் பகலும் (all the time) · bn দিনরাত (all the time) · tr gece gündüz (all the time) · ja 日夜 (all the time) · de Tag und Nacht (all the time) · da dag og nat (all the time) · sq ditë e natë (all the time) · sv dag och natt (all the time) · fa شب و روز (all the time) · ta இராப்பகல் (all the time) · az gecəbəgündüz (all the time) · ar لَيْلَ نَهَارَ (all the time) · ja 昼夜 (all the time) · sh dan i noć (all the time) · ko 밤낮 (all the time) · cmn 日夜 (all the time) · itk דִי אֵי נוֹטַה (all the time)

day and night en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Synonym of chalk and cheese (“two things that are very different”).

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Synonyms

chalk and cheese

Translations (1)

pl niebo i ziemia (chalk and cheese)