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another day, another dollar

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another day, another dollar proverb: everything is routine and mundane, and nothing eventful or extraordinary has happened.

Proverb

another day, another dollar

  1. Everything is routine and mundane, and nothing eventful or extraordinary has happened.
  2. Life goes on, and it is necessary to work in order to earn money.
    • Poor Tom suffered the tortures. He got up, yawned, and said, «Well, another day another dollar, good night,» and disappeared upstairs.1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, chapter 3, in On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC, part 4
    • Another day, another dollar, another war1995, Jewel, “Who Will Save Your Soul”

Synonyms of another day, another dollar

Questions about another day, another dollar

What does another day, another dollar mean?
Another day, another dollar means everything is routine and mundane, and nothing eventful or extraordinary has happened.
What part of speech is another day, another dollar?
Another day, another dollar is a proverb.

Words near another day, another dollar in the dictionary

  1. anothah
  2. another
  3. another country heard from
  4. another county heard from
  5. another day in paradise
  6. another day, another dollar
  7. another matter
  8. another nail in someone's coffin
  9. another nail in the coffin
  10. another one bites the dust
  11. another pair of shoes

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