In today’s lesson we’ll have a look at the expression “du jour au lendemain”, which means both “overnight” and “from one day to the next”.
du jour au lendemain
overnight, from one day to the next
Explanation
The literal translation of du jour au lendemain is “from the day to the next day”. Translations for lendemain include “the next day”,”the day after” and “the following day”.
I translated on n’apprend pas (literally one doesn’t learn) loosely to “you can’t learn”.
On n’apprend pas une langue étrangère du jour au lendemain.
You can’t learn a foreign language overnight.
Marc et Sylvie s’entendaient très bien et du jour au lendemain elle est partie.
Marc and Sylvie got along very well and she left from one day to the next.
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