Hi this is Ceema and I am back with a new lesson on night and day idioms, okay now there
are some idioms which relate to the day and the night. So we are gonna call them Night
and Day idioms. They are quite interesting because, a lot of these idioms are something
you can use every day. Okay Let's see how?
The first one is ' To give someone the time
of day' when do you say , when you are going to give someone or not going to give
someone the time of day? This idiom basically means that you completely refuse to talk to
a person. Well you completely refuse to talk to a person, when you are upset with them,
right? So if you are upset with someone, this is an idiom you can use , okay. You can say
- You cheated me or lied to me for $20, I won't give you the time of day. So when you
are upset, you are angry, this is the idiom you can use to say that you are not willing
or you refuse to talk to a particular person for that particular day or time, okay. So
you give someone the time of day. The next one is when something is as plain as day,
okay. During the day there's a lot of sunlight, so every thing can be seen clearly, imagine
if we had really dim lights over here, you wouldn't be able to see me, right? But you
can see me as plain as a day, because everything is very clear, right? So something that is
as plain as day is something that is clear to understand or clear to see, okay. So after
finished explaining the entire lesson to you , I can say that - This lesson is as plain
as day because I have made it so understandable so that you could actually understand every
word of it, well at least I hope so. So making something as plain as day is making something
very clear to understand or very clear to perceive or see. moving on to the third idiom,
which talks about the night time, what is a Fly by Night , what does that mean? Fly
by Night could be referred to a person or a company but whether you are referring it
to a person or a company the meaning of this idiom Fly by Night basically denotes or implies
that you are talking about a person or a company who is not reliable and if you are talking
about a company, you are gonna talk about a company who does not give you good products.
So you are talking about a company which sell inferior products or services. You can say
something like - Don't buy anything from Telex Marketing Services, that is a fly by night
company, which means you think that the company is non reliable, their products or services
are not of good quality, okay. Sometimes a person may not be very trustworthy, you can
say - Don't make Tim your business partner, he's a fly by night person, he could just
take your money and go somewhere. So he's a fly by night an unreliable or a person who's
not very reliable, okay. And our fourth idiom is A night Owl, Okay a night owl, well we
know that a owl is only awake at night, right? So, a night owl is a idiom which talks about
a person who loves to work at night. Or someone who is mainly quite active during the night
and perhaps sleeps during the major part of the day. So you can say something like - Do
not tell John to do anything at this time of the day, he's a night owl because perhaps
now it is 10:00 in the morning, John's gonna be fast asleep because he loves to work at
night. He is active majorly in the day time .... in the night time, so he's a night owl,
okay. The next one is 'As different as night and day' , night and day are quite the opposite,
aren't they? So if it's night , it's day , but if it's day somewhere else, it's pretty night
over here where we are living at, right? So they are opposites, so we are comparing two
people and saying that - Two people or two things are opposite, we are actually saying
that those people are different as night and day. So this is an expression you use when
you are comparing between two people, you can say something like - A developed country
like America and an under developed say like Uganda are as different as night and day.
So they are diametrically opposite, they are totally different, okay. Their rules, their
legal statutes are all different, alright? The next one is ' A one night stand' Okay
so a one night stand refers to something that happens in one particular night, but this
is basically talking about a sexual encounter for just the one night, so it happens just
in one night. It could be between two people who are not even partners, or not even seeing
each other. So you could say that - John had a one night stand with Maria, but that is
no secret, everyone knows about it. So that's what a one night stand is when you have a
sexual encounter for just one night and it's all over. The next one is 'Made my day' when
do you use the expression Made my day? I have heard so many people say ' Thank you so much
for this gift, you have made my day. So made my day is a expression you use when something
special happens or something special occurs, it could be any event. So an event which specially
occurs which makes your entire day very good or which brightens your entire day. So you
are at work, okay and you are really working very hard and suddenly you got a surprise
phone call from your mother who is overseas is coming to visit you, that could really
make your day because it's a special thing that happens in that entire boring day, which
really brightens your mood and makes it a wonderful day for you, okay. The next one
is ' Day in and Day out' , Day in and day out is an idiom you use when you are doing
something every single day. Or you are doing something repeatedly, so maybe I am a sales
woman or a sale clerk at the shoe store. So I can say that , It's my job to sell shoes
day in and day out, because I do that every single day, I do it repeatedly 24/7 or at
least 5 days a week and I work 8 hours every single day, so I am doing a single action
or a thing day in and day out meaning I do it every single day repeatedly. And our last
night and day idiom talks about 'Calling it a day', Calling it a day can also be 'Calling
it a night' depending on when the expression is used, so if you are say in the day time
if you finished working , you say, I am calling it a day. At night if you finished doing your
share of the work , you will say - Okay, I am finished my work , I am calling it a night.
So calling it a day or Calling it a night is an expression you use when you have finished
your work and you are ready to pack and you want to or you are ready to pack and go home
perhaps, okay. So you have finished with working until say 7'O clock in the evening you say
- I am calling it a night because it's almost evening, almost night, you finished your work
sometime at say 1:00 in the afternoon, you say - I am calling it a day, I am tired now
I am going home . So these are the different expressions or idioms which are called night
and day idioms, and I am sure you can use it every single time whenever you are referring
to events relating to these idioms, okay. I will be back with some more lessons, until
then this is me saying good bye and take very good care of yourself.