all in a day's work

English

Pronunciation

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Phrase

all in a day's work

1. Coming with the territory.

   Unfortunately, dealing with rude customers is all in a day's work around here.

2. A nonchalant dismissal of a significant accomplishment.

   —Wow, it's amazing that you fixed it so well that no one would even know that it was ever broken! —All in a day's work!

Translations

a nonchalant dismissal of a significant accomplishment.

• Finnish: kuuluu toimenkuvaan
• French: les doigts dans le nez (fr)
• Italian: di ordinaria amministrazione
• Polish: dzień jak co dzień (pl) (literally "a day like every other day")
• Russian: де́ло жите́йское (délo žitéjskoje) (literally "everyday thing, common occasion"), э́то моя́ ра́бота (éto mojá rábota) (literally "this is my job")
• Spanish: gajes del oficio (es), pan nuestro de cada día m

See also

• God's work

Further reading

• “all in a day's work”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “all in a day’s work, .”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “all in a day's work”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “all in a day's work”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “all in a day's work” (US) / “all in a day's work” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “all in a day's work”, in Collins English Dictionary.