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Definition: THE OTHER DAY |
THE OTHER DAY1. At a certain time past, not distant, but indefinite; not long ago; recently; rarely, the third day past. Bind my hair up: as't was yesterday? No, nor t' other day. --B. Jonson. |
| Domain | Definition |
Slang | Phrase. Source: Standard english: past time designation. Definition: The story I am about to tell you is untrue. Context: Used almost exclusively on the telephone (and now to a certain extent via e-mail) between group males. Social Source: Smith Clan. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Newness | Adverb: newly; Adjective: afresh, anew, lately, just now, only yesterday, the other day; latterly, of late. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: THE OTHER DAY |
| English words defined with "THE OTHER DAY": catch it. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Just the other day I saw a golden retriever, he had like a gimp, ya know I just wish I could have done something. (Meet the Parents; writing credit: Greg Glienna; Mary Ruth Clarke) Only the other day I was just dozing off and I felt this huge (Bridget Jones's Diary; writing credit: Helen Fielding) I had two pigeons, bright and gay, fly for me the other day. Why is it they did go? (Die Hard: With a Vengeance; writing credit: Jonathan Hensleigh) Thought about what you said to me the other day, about my painting. (Good Will Hunting; writing credit: Matt Damon; Ben Affleck) What I said the other day, you looking like me, that ain't true. (Unforgiven; writing credit: Walon Green; Roy N. Sickner) | |
Lyrics | Just the other day (Stay (Wasting Time); performing artist: Dave Matthews Band) I called him up just the other day ("The Cat's in the Cradle"; performing artist: Harry Chapin) Walkin' in the park just the other day, Baby, (Misty mountain hop; performing artist: Led Zeppelin) It seems like just the other day that we hooked up (How You Gonna Act Like That; performing artist: TYRESE) I saw you just the other day, (Brown Eyed Girl; performing artist: VAN MORRISON) | |
Clever | My "check engine" light came on the other day. I popped the hood, and looked, the engine is STILL there! Silly light. (references; author: unknown) | |
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 | Wee Willie Winkie's world. Willie Winkie had a fine walk in the country the other day ... Credit: Library of Congress. |  | I got a fine etching of you the other day, Mrs. Scrubbingham : Not offa me ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Aged spectator: I was wonderin' the other day what's become o' this bicycle craze that ... Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Houses that were moved to town from the country by General Jackson, former farmer now living in Plentywood, Montana. At one time he had 125 cattle; the other day he sold last cow. Buildings left in the country were usually wrecked or the lumber stolen for. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Emo Philips | The other day a woman came up to me and said, "Didn't I see you on television?" |
Shelley Winters | I was so cold the other day, I almost got married. |
Steven Wright | I drove past a gas station the other day. There were two signs in the window; "Help Wanted", "Self Service". So, I went in and hired myself. Made myself the boss. I took all the money and I left. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | If two of the workmen know each other particularly well and are old friends, if their families are inter-mingled, and if they have "faith in each other's purpose, hope in each other's future and charity towards each other's shortcomings" - to quote some good words I read here the other day - why cannot they work together at the common task as friends and partners? Why cannot they share their tools and thus increase each other's working powers? Indeed they must do so or else the temple may not be built, or, being built, it may collapse, and we shall all be proved again unteachable and have to go and try to learn again for a third time in a school of war, incomparably more rigorous than that from which we have just been released. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | I dare say there was a difference when I was staying with them the other day. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Al Hunt | General, you and Secretary Rumsfeld in recent days have spoken frequently about the increasingly bad behavior of Iraq and of Iran. You were asked a question about North Korea the other day, and you said basically not much has changed there. |
Alexander Benedetto | The prosecutor in court the other day, on the record, stated that he knows the that the U.S. government would not extradite me based on what you said. |
Ann Richards | Well, I knew that it was a nice place to come. But it is so much more to that, than that. Somebody said to me the other day, New York is a nice place to live but not a good place to visit. |
Richard Gephardt | I think there's an appearance here of impropriety just from the fact, as I said, the other day, that you've got huge contributions going to both parties, but mostly to the Republican side. And then you have this problem occurring. |
Rush Limbaugh | Yet the liberal mayor of New York City, Mike Bloomberg, who until recently was a Democrat, admitted the other day that recycling is a myth. |
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George Bush | 1989-1993 | You know, I had Mayors, the leading mayors from the League of Cities, in the other day at the White House, and they told me something striking. |
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| Language | Translations for "THE OTHER DAY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pak kohë me parë, njëditëzaj (the day before yesterday), ditët e fundit (recently). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | неотдавна (fresh, newly, of late, recently, yesterday), миналия ден, преди няколко дни. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 日前 (a few days ago). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | tuhle, onehdy, nedávno (lately, latterly, newly, not long ago, recently, some time ago). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tässä eräänä päivänä. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | neulich (lately, newly, recently). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | την άλλη μέρα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לפ י זמן מ" (some time ago). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | minap (newly, recently). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tempo hari. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 過日 (recently), 此の" (during this period, lately, recently), 此の程 (at this time, lately, now, recently), 何時か (in due course, in time, one day, some time or other, someday, sometime), 先"て (recently), 先般 (some time ago), 先 (recently), 先日 (a few days ago), 先の日 (a few days ago), 先 って (recently), "そ泥 (because of this, besides, by doing, by means of, can, clicking, compact, drumming, dry, due to this, frightened, happens on occasions, hard, has occurred, hitch, in addition, it has been arrangedthat, it has been decidedthat, it is I who should say so, laboriously, lately, maybe, misspelling of "kon ni chi ha", moreover, perhaps, possibly, prejudice, puritanical, recently, regularToukai-line shinkansen, secretly, sneak-thief, sound of rapping, steadily, stealthily, such a thing happened, thanks to this, there are times when, through, to be able to, to be concerned about, to be particular about, to fuss over, to have done, to this extent, trouble, unflaggingly, untiringly, using, via), "の" (lately, recently). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | さきのひ (a few days ago), さき"ろ (recently), せ"ぱ" (some time ago, variety, war criminal), せ""ろ (recently), せ"じつ (a few days ago), せ" って (recently), かじつ (appearance and content, auspicious occasion, beautiful day, berry., flowers and fruit, fruit, good day, interior and exterior, name and reality, nut, recently, summer day), いつか (five days, in due course, in time, one day, some time or other, someday, sometime, the fifth day), "ない (lately, recently), "のほど (at this time, lately, now, recently), "のか" (during this period, lately, recently), "のあい (during this period, lately, recently). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ethay otheray ayday mai deunãzi, ieri (formerly, yesterday). (various references) на днях (in a day or two, lately, lower on the day, one of these days, other day, recently). (various references) pre neki dan (day: the other day). (various references) el otro día. (various references) häromdagen. (various references) geçen gün. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | John Chapter 11, Verse 8 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Legousin autw oi maqhtai rabbi nun ezhtoun se liqasai oi ioudaioi kai palin upageiV ekei |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Dicunt ei discipuli rabbi nunc quaerebant te Iudaei lapidare et iterum vadis illuc |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Hys leorning-cnihtes cwæðen; to him. Lareow nu þa iudeas sohten þe þæt hyowoldan þe henen. & wilt þu eft faren þider. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The disciplis seien to hym, Maister, now the Jewis souyten for to stoone thee, and eft goist thou thidir? |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | His disciples sayde vnto him. Master the Iewes lately sought meanes to stone the and wilt thou goo thyther agayne? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | His disciples say to him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The disciples said to him, Master, the Jews were attempting only the other day to have you stoned, and are you going back there again? |
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| Language | John Chapter 11, Verse 8 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang mga tinun-an miingon kaniya, "Rabi, ang mga Judio bag-o pa lang naninguha sa pagbato kanimo, ug karon moadto ka na usab didto?" |
| Croatian | Kažu mu uèenici: "Uèitelju, Židovi su sad tražili da te kamenuju, pa da opet ideš onamo?" |
| Danish | Disciplene sige til ham: "Rabbi! nylig søgte Jøderne at stene dig, og du drager atter derhen?" |
| Dutch | De discipelen zeiden tot Hem: Rabbi! de Joden hebben U nu onlangs gezocht te stenigen, en gaat Gij wederom derwaarts? |
| Finnish | Opetuslapset sanoivat hänelle: "Rabbi, äsken juutalaiset yrittivät kivittää sinut, ja taas sinä menet sinne!" |
| French | Les disciples lui dirent: Rabbi, les Juifs tout récemment cherchaient te lapider, et tu retournes en Judée! |
| German | Seine Jünger sprachen zu ihm: Meister, jenes Mal wollten die Juden dich steinigen, und du willst wieder dahin ziehen? |
| Hungarian | Mondának néki a tanítványok: Mester, most akarnak vala téged megkövezni a Júdabeliek, és újra oda mégy? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Mereka menjawab, "Bapak Guru, baru saja orang-orang Yahudi mau melempari Bapak dengan batu dan sekarang Bapak mau kembali lagi ke sana?" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka kata murid-murid-Nya kepada-Nya, "Ya Rabbi, baharu orang Yahudi mencari jalan hendak merajam Rabbi, dan sekarang Rabbi hendak kembali pula ke sana lagi?" |
| Italian | I discepoli gli dissero: «Rabbì, poco fa i Giudei cercavano di lapidarti e tu ci vai di nuovo?». |
| Maori | Ka mea nga akonga ki a ia, E te Kaiwhakaako, i whai nga Hurai i mua tata ake nei kia akina koe ki te kohatu; a e haere atu ana koe ki reira? |
| Norwegian | Disiplene sa til ham: Rabbi! nu nettop søkte jødene å stene dig, og du går atter dit? |
| Portuguese | Disseram-lhe eles: Rabi, ainda agora os judeus procuravam apedrejar-te, e voltas para lá? |
| Rumanian | ,,Knvqyqtorule``, I-au zis ucenicii, ,,acum de curknd cqutau Iudeii sq Te ucidq cu pietre, wi Te kntorci kn Iudea?`` |
| Shuar | Tura ni unuiniamurisha tiarmiayi "Uunta, nuiksha Israer-shuar kayajai tukurmar mantamatai Tícharmaka. ¿Nui ataksha wétai Támek?" |
| Spanish | Le dijeron sus discípulos: --Rabí, hace poco los judíos procuraban apedrearte, ¿y otra vez vas allá? |
| Swahili | Wanafunzi wakamwambia, "Mwalimu! Muda mfupi tu umepita tangu Wayahudi walipotaka kukuua kwa mawe, nawe unataka kwenda huko tena?" |
| Swedish | Lärjungarna sade till honom: "Rabbi, nyligen ville judarna stena dig, och åter går du dit?" |
| Uma | Ra'uli' ana'guru-na: "Guru, ko'ia mahae to Yahudi hi ria doko' mpopatehi-ko. Napa wo'o-mi pai' doko' hilou hi ria-koe?" |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-h-h-o-r-t-t-y" | |
-3 letters: heathery, threated, throated, yattered. | |
-4 letters: earthed, hearted, heather, hothead, hydrate, rotated, tetrode, theater, theatre, thereat, thereto, thready, throaty, treated, trothed. | |
-5 letters: adhere, aether, dearth, deathy, dehort, derate, dotter, earthy, eatery, hatred, hatted, hatter, header, hearth, hearty, heated, heater, heathy, hereat, hereto, hetero, hotted, hotter, hydrae, orated, ratted, redate, reheat, retted, rotate, rotted, tarted. | |
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