one of those days

1. 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.

Example Sentences

So I think it's just one of those days where you get two attacks that are on the money for the whole day, and we sit here with 19 wickets down.

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"We were just so clean with the ball and that allows you to have good chances. It was one of those days where we are able to take them as well."

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And it looked like being one of those days for the visitors.

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Just one of those days will feature a single match, and just two days will have only two matches.

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“It’s just one of those days you just tip your cap,” Hernández said of Darvish, who kept the Dodgers guessing with his unpredictable seven-pitch repertoire.

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