night and day
Also day and night. Continually, without stopping. This phrase is used either literally, as in The alarm is on night and day, or hyperbolically, as in We were working day and night on these drawings. Shakespeare put it by night and day in The Comedy of Errors (4:2): “Time comes stealing on by night and day.”
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How to use night and day in a sentence
In the hall, the experience of attending the Globes is a night-and-day contrast to attending the Oscars.
The Gaudy, Gauche and Sometimes Corrupt Greatness of the Golden Globes | Richard Rushfield | January 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIt soon turned to rain and the rain now has settled down to a gentle, even, all-night-and-day pace.
Wilderness, A Journal of Quiet Adventure in Alaska | Rockwell KentHowever, his persistent night-and-day fretting of Schoeman's forces achieved the desired result.
Sir John French | Cecil ChisholmAnd their talk was of Christine, of her love and patience, and her night-and-day care.
Christine | Amelia Edith Huddleston BarrWherever they go, he's right after 'em, and he night-and-day-herds 'em closer'n a Mexican shepherd dog does a bunch of sheep.
Heart's Desire | Emerson Hough
Thought of and pitied your crossing to Calais, and long night-and-day journey after.
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