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• The other day — Other Oth er, pron. & a. [AS. [=o][eth]er; akin to OS. [=a][eth]ar, [=o][eth]ar, D. & G. ander, OHG. andar, Icel. annarr, Sw. annan, Dan. anden, Goth. an[thorn]ar, Skr. antara: cf. L. alter; all orig. comparatives: cf. Skr. anya other. [root]180 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• the other day — {adv. phr.} In the recent past. * /I saw an incredible parade of elephants along Michigan Avenue the other day on my way to work./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• the other day — {adv. phr.} In the recent past. * /I saw an incredible parade of elephants along Michigan Avenue the other day on my way to work./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• the other way around — {adv. phr.} See: JUST THE OTHER WAY …   Dictionary of American idioms

• the other way around — {adv. phr.} See: JUST THE OTHER WAY …   Dictionary of American idioms

• shoe on the other foot — The opposite is true; places are changed. * /He was my captain in the army but now the shoe is on the other foot./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• shoe on the other foot — The opposite is true; places are changed. * /He was my captain in the army but now the shoe is on the other foot./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• Turning the other cheek — is to respond to an aggressor without violence (in every sense of the word). The phrase originates from the Sermon on the Mount in the New Testament. In the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus says:A parallel version is offered in …   Wikipedia

• on the other hand — {adv. phr.} Looking at the other side; from another point of view. Used to introduce an opposite or different fact or idea. * /Jim wanted to go to the movies; his wife, on the other hand, wanted to stay home and read./ * /Mr. Harris may still… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• on the other hand — {adv. phr.} Looking at the other side; from another point of view. Used to introduce an opposite or different fact or idea. * /Jim wanted to go to the movies; his wife, on the other hand, wanted to stay home and read./ * /Mr. Harris may still… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• go in one ear and out the other — {v. phr.}, {informal} To be not really listened to or understood; be paid no attention. * /The teacher s directions to the boy went in one ear and out the other./ * /Mother scolded Martha, but it went in one ear and out the other./ …   Dictionary of American idioms