in day

Meaning

1. Oxford67% of films

   when sb was young

   In my day, it was long hair, beatniks, paisley.

2. Oxford6% of films

   during the part of sb's life when they were most successful, famous, etc.

In the movies · 18

• In my day, it was simply known as a double-cross.All the President's Men1976
• In my day, we had real ballplayers.Interstellar2014
• In my day, it was long hair, beatniks, paisley.SLC Punk1998
• I can't imagine doing that day in, day out.Up in the Air2009
• ...back in the day.National Theatre Live: Vanya2024
• He reads nothing else. Day in, day out.Persuasion2007
• I'm talking about the day-in, day-outers, the grinders.The Other Guys2010
• Always painting day in, day out no matter what the weather.Loving Vincent2017

Learn it in full scenes

• All the President's Men1976
  • Police Arrest the Watergate Burglars
  • Woodward Traces the White House Call
  • Who Gets the Watergate Story
• Interstellar2014
  • The Ghost in Murph's Bookshelf
  • Cooper Stumbles Into Secret NASA
  • Cooper Says Goodbye to Murph
• SLC Punk1998
  • Bob Fears the Needle
  • Steven Calls Out His Parents
  • A Graduate Rants About Posers

From the same entry

• all in a day's work
• any day
• carry the day
• day after day
• day by day
• day in, day out
• a day of reckoning
• days are numbered
• from day one
• from day to day
• from one day to the next
• have had your day

More idioms

• at first glance
• wing it
• below the radar
• get a foot in the door
• step into shoes
• waste your breath
• at sea
• right on
• nice work
• make do
• a level playing field
• a shoulder to cry on