one of these days

English

Pronunciation

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Adverb

one of these days (not comparable)

1. One day, some day (especially in warning of a negative consequence).

   One of these days, he won't be so lucky.

Synonyms

• someday; see also Thesaurus:one day

Translations

one day

• Finnish: jonakin päivänä
• French: un de ces quatre (fr), un de ces jours (fr)
• Polish: niedługo (pl), wkrótce (pl), pewnego pięknego dnia, pewnego dnia
• Portuguese: qualquer dia desses, algum dia desses, um dia desses
• Russian: одна́жды (ru) (odnáždy), в оди́н прекра́сный день (v odín prekrásnyj denʹ), когда́-нибудь (ru) (kogdá-nibudʹ), на днях (ru) (na dnjax)
• Scottish Gaelic: latha de na làithean
• Spanish: un día de estos
• Swedish: en vacker dag (sv) (only positive)

See also

• one of those days

References

• “one of these days”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “one of these days”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “one of these days” (US) / “one of these days” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “one of these days”, in Collins English Dictionary.