tomorrow is another day

Idioms

One may not accomplish everything today but will have another chance. For example, We've stuffed hundreds of envelopes and still aren't done, but tomorrow is another day. This comforting maxim was first put as Tomorrow is a new day about 1520, was widely repeated, and changed to its present form in the mid-1800s.

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tomorrow is another day

What the standard take overlooks is that tomorrow is another day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

But as I like to say, the clock starts over at midnight and tomorrow is another day for us to get it right.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2022

Mr Richardson added that he had been left "pretty cut up and bruised with a swollen hip", but "tomorrow is another day".

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2021

The game is over and we say tomorrow is another day.

From Slate ● May 5, 2020

I must go for now, but tomorrow is another day.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

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