red letter day
red letter day - English
Noun
red letter day (plural red letter days)
- A day marked in red on calendars; a church feast day.
- (idiomatic) A particularly significant day; a day of personal or sectarian celebration.
Monday was a red letter day for her. She accomplished a lot and had fun doing it.
We saw losses for days in a row, but Black Tuesday was the worst red letter day of them all.
Usage notes
- Usually used to refer to a notably positive, favorable occasion, but sometimes used with a negative sense.
Translations
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: merkkipäivä
- Hungarian: piros betűs nap, piros betűs ünnep
- Norwegian:
- Russian: па́мятный день m (pámjatnyj denʹ), пра́здник (ru) m (prázdnik)
- Swedish: röd dag (sv) c
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