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Definition of red-letter day in English: red-letter daynoun A day that is pleasantly noteworthy or memorable. 重要（或值得纪念）的日子 many a trout angler has had a red-letter day on Loch Awe Example sentencesExamples - Today will be a red-letter day in your year.
- A red-letter day is important, like the feast days marked in red in church calendars.
- February 28, 2003, will remain the brightest red-letter day in Dr. Reddy's life - the day his fondest dreams came true.
- In what he described as a red-letter day for infrastructure in Waterford, Minister Cullen also welcomed the €19.4million investment in non-national roads in the city and county.
- Yesterday was a red-letter day for the Credit Union in Portlaoise as they opened the doors of their new offices for business.
- Still, pub owners say, it was a red-letter day for business and they are planning a second block party for the first weekend of November.
- Sunday last was a red-letter day for the area around Killeen with the opening of St. Abban's Community Hall.
- It must have seemed like a red-letter day for council employees as they received their new pay levels.
- The end of the financial year used to be a red-letter day for investors.
- Sunday last was another of those red-letter days for the Ardmore club when the magnificent extension to their clubhouse was officially opened.
- Upon receiving his award, he said the day would go down in his diary as a red-letter day.
- This might be a red-letter day to a very large degree.
- ‘This is not a red-letter day for the DC police,’ Mr Geragos said.
- Because feast days in such almanacs and calendars were frequently written or printed in red, a red-letter day came to be a term for one that was special.
- Today, as I said, is a blue-ribbon day, a red-letter day, or whatever one wants to call it.
- Saturday, June 28, is set to be a sporting red-letter day for the district.
- At the present time, sighting a peregrine in East Anglia provides a red-letter day.
- For athletics and other sports codes it was a red-letter day.
- Here in paradise, today hardly looks like a red-letter day in the making.
- She said: ‘This is a real red-letter day for English farming.’
OriginEarly 18th century: from the practice of highlighting a festival in red on a calendar. Definition of red-letter day in US English: red-letter daynounˈˌrɛd ˈlɛdər ˌdeɪˈˌred ˈledər ˌdā A day that is pleasantly noteworthy or memorable. 重要（或值得纪念）的日子 many a trout angler has had a red-letter day on Loch Awe Example sentencesExamples - Saturday, June 28, is set to be a sporting red-letter day for the district.
- Today, as I said, is a blue-ribbon day, a red-letter day, or whatever one wants to call it.
- She said: ‘This is a real red-letter day for English farming.’
- February 28, 2003, will remain the brightest red-letter day in Dr. Reddy's life - the day his fondest dreams came true.
- Upon receiving his award, he said the day would go down in his diary as a red-letter day.
- Sunday last was another of those red-letter days for the Ardmore club when the magnificent extension to their clubhouse was officially opened.
- Still, pub owners say, it was a red-letter day for business and they are planning a second block party for the first weekend of November.
- For athletics and other sports codes it was a red-letter day.
- At the present time, sighting a peregrine in East Anglia provides a red-letter day.
- ‘This is not a red-letter day for the DC police,’ Mr Geragos said.
- Yesterday was a red-letter day for the Credit Union in Portlaoise as they opened the doors of their new offices for business.
- A red-letter day is important, like the feast days marked in red in church calendars.
- The end of the financial year used to be a red-letter day for investors.
- Today will be a red-letter day in your year.
- Here in paradise, today hardly looks like a red-letter day in the making.
- This might be a red-letter day to a very large degree.
- It must have seemed like a red-letter day for council employees as they received their new pay levels.
- Because feast days in such almanacs and calendars were frequently written or printed in red, a red-letter day came to be a term for one that was special.
- Sunday last was a red-letter day for the area around Killeen with the opening of St. Abban's Community Hall.
- In what he described as a red-letter day for infrastructure in Waterford, Minister Cullen also welcomed the €19.4million investment in non-national roads in the city and county.
OriginEarly 18th century: from the practice of highlighting a festival in red on a calendar. |