rule the day | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)To set thestandardwhichguidesbehavior; tocontrola situation, group, strategy, etc.1700,John Dryden,The Secular Masque:The world was then so light,I scarcely felt the weight;Joyruled the day, and Love the night.1877,Frances Hodgson Burnett, chapter 5, inTheo:She was a woman of caprices, and her caprices alwaysruled the day.1995December 18, Derek Pringle, “Cricket: Matthews fingered over his thumbs”, inIndependent, UK, retrieved 1 Sept 2017:[C]ommon senserules the day. . . . Everything can look suspicious, but only the umpires can tell if the ball's condition has been altered.2004January 19, John F. Dickerson, “Confessions Of A White House Insider”, inTime, retrieved 1 Sept 2017:A book about former Treasury chief O'Neill paints a presidency in which ideology and politicsrule the day.2016January 19, Jane A. Peterson, “At Watch Auctions, Vintage and Prime to Be Most Prized Qualities”, inNew York Times, retrieved 1 Sept 2017:“Vintage watch collecting is growing in scale and value in a way we have never seen before. Condition and rarity areruling the dayin driving prices to new levels.”

Examples:

EN: It is told that he made two great lights in the heavens the greater to rule the day and the lesser to rule the night.
ES: Se ha dicho que creó dos grandes luces en los cielos. La mayor para dominar el día y la menor para dominar la noche.
EN: The greater light, to rule the day and the lesser light, to rule the night.
ES: La luz mayor para regir el día. Y la luz menor para regir la noche.
EN: Gentlemen, let us not allow anger to rule the day.
ES: ¡No nos dejemos dominar por la ira!
EN: * Check this out, we've got something to say * * About the tigers from Bayside, gonna rule the day *
ES: "Fíjense lo que diremos sobre los tigres de Bayside, pues dominaremos. "
EN: Dying, fear and superstition rule the day, and a curse is blamed until someone like you or me shows up and, through a scientific process of elimination, traces the disease to a source and destroys it.
ES: Se mueren, el miedo y la superstición marcan los días, y se culpa a una maldición hasta que alguien como tú o yo aparece y, mediante un proceso científico de eliminación, rastrea la enfermedad hasta una fuente y la destruye.
EN: His heart's in the right place, but his emotions rule the day.
ES: Su corazón está en el lugar indicado, pero sus emociones manejan su día.
EN: They made a rule the day after you... after that day.
ES: Pusieron esa norma después de que tú... Después de ese día.
EN: In Rio, the cops may rule the day, but at night, it's a different story.
ES: En Río, la policía puede mandar de día, pero, de noche, es otra historia.
EN: So, courage (heart) is going to rule the day.
HI: उस दिल पे कयामत आएगी
EN: Misunderstandings seems to rule the day.
HI: ऐसा लगता है कि छोटे ने दिन के समय को भ्रमित किया।
EN: You rule the day.
HI: दिन को आप लीड करें।
EN: Rather, band-aids and half-hearted efforts rule the day.
HI: रात चिंता और दिन प्रयास होते है
EN: "Until...that vaccine that comes in, uncertainty is going to rule the day."
HI: कि 'मुँह ताकते तो दिन निकल जाएगा।
EN: Retribution for the sake of it shouldn't rule the day.
HI: उस से दरयाफ्त न करना कभी दिन के हालात
EN: rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, and the stars
HI: चुपके-चुपके रात दिन, आँसू बहाना याद है;' (

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