red letter day | Idiomator

Meaning: A day marked in red on calendars; a churchfeast day.1825,Christian Gleaner and Domestic Magazine, Volume 2,page161:The onlyred-letter dayoccurring in July, is the twenty-fifth, called St James's Day.1893,Thomas De Quincey, “Conversation and Coleridge”, in Alexander H. Japp, editor,The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey‎[1], volume II, London: William Heinemann:But the monsters who interrupt men in the middle of a sentence are to be found everywhere; and they are always practising.Red-letter daysor black-letter days, festival or fast, makes no difference tothem.; (idiomatic)A particularlysignificantday; a day of personal orsectariancelebration.Synonyms:day of days,red letter dateCoordinate term:black letter dayMonday was ared letter dayfor her. She accomplished a lot and had fun doing it.We saw losses for days in a row, butBlack Tuesdaywas the worstred letter dayof them all.1975, John Ankenbruck,Twentieth Century History of Fort Wayne,page286:"In the meantime, the St. Valentine's Day Massacre at Chicago was ared-letter dayin the gangster wars."2007, Clyde Wilton,Wilton's Wit, iUniverse,page 3:So I assume that we all have somered letter daysthat are precious to our memories—maybe a first date, a wedding, a gift, a word of encouragement, a vacation, a graduation or a trip to an interesting place.I had one of thosered letter dayswhen I was a young boy, perhaps five or six years old.2010, Eric Braun,Doris Day, Hachette, Revised and updated edition,unnumbered page,That was, indeed, ared-letter dayin my filmgoing life, and ared-letter dayin my literary life was when I was asked to write a new biography of Doris Day.

Examples:

EN: Get yourself set for a red letter day
ES: Prepárense todos para un día muy especial
EN: And each one a red letter day in my memory.
ES: Y cada una de ellas un día especial en mi memoria.
EN: Each one a red letter day in my memory.
ES: Y cada una de ellas un día especial en mi memoria.
EN: Well, this will indeed be a red letter day for the Xeros calendar.
ES: Pues bien, este hecho será un día memorable para el calendario Xeros.
EN: It's a red letter day for them, understand?
ES: Hoy es fiesta para ellos, ¿comprende?
EN: We'll be that red letter day. Nobody survived. Even old Hackford himself was found hanging by a noose in his own living room.
ES: Nadie sobrevivio... hasta el mismo Hecker lo encontraron colgado de una soga, en su propia sala.
EN: Well, my God, it would be a red letter day at Dolly Towers if it was true.
ES: Por Dios, podría haber sido un día de fiesta en Dolly Towers si fuera cierto.
EN: The day Saheb dies... now that will be a red letter day!
ES: El día en que Saheb muera... va a ser fiesta! Un día para recordar.
EN: If you like you first, you should check out "red letter day."
ES: Si te gusta "Tú primero", escucha "Carta roja".
EN: This next song... Is from "red letter day."
ES: La siguiente canción es de "carta roja".
EN: It was not a red letter day for civilization, I'm afraid. Come on.
ES: No fue un día histórico para la civilización, me temo.
EN: As you all know, tomorrow is a red letter day.
ES: Como todos saben, mañana es un día memorable.
EN: It's a red letter day, right enough.
ES: Es un día especial, me parece bien.
EN: Not exactly a red letter day.
ES: No es exactamente un día especial.
EN: Truly a red letter day.
ES: Esto es todo un acontecimiento.

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