day on day

[lidiavianu]

Is 'day on day' the same as 'day by day'?

Thank you,

lidia

[lozgirl]

yeah i would say so

[jno]

I think so, but day by day is a much more common phrase.

[VS Prasad]

Day to day:

1 : taking place, made, or done in the course of days <in charge of day-to-day operations>;

2 : providing for a day at a time with little thought for the future <an aimless day-to-day existence>

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dic tionary&va=day-to-day

happening every day as a regular part of your job or life:
day-to-day problems/responsibilities

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key =19740&dict=CALD

This is used, for instance, when someone wants to express that he barely has enough to make a living and it is like "he lives from today to tommorow".

Another usage would be when expressing that nothing can be steadily learnt too easy or too fast, so it is used like "nothing can be learnt from today to tommorow".

"One day at a time" is a popular expression to describe the way to cope with a difficult situation that will exist for a long time or forever.

You can also say almost the same thing exactly in English. "After the money ran out he lived from day to day."

http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/22/me ssages/274.html

day-by-day: taking place each day; daily: a day-by-day account.

http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/day-by-da y

of or belonging to or occurring every day; "daily routine"; "a daily paper" [syn: daily]

15:12 Tue 31st Jul 2007

[lankeela]

One of those phrases I hate, along with 'year on year' - why can't they say day after day or year after year.