one of those days
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Also, just one of those days. A day when everything goes wrong, as in The car wouldn't start, I lost my glasses—it was one of those days. This expression was first recorded in 1936.
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QUIZ YOURSELF ON “THEIR,” “THERE,” AND “THEY’RE”
Are you aware how often people swap around “their,” “there,” and “they’re”? Prove you have more than a fair grasp over these commonly confused words.
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Which one of these commonly confused words can act as an adverb or a pronoun?
Words nearby one of those days
one-night stand, one-note, one of a kind, one-off, one of these days, one of those days, one old cat, one-one, one-on-one, Oneonta, one on, that's
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