every dog has his/its day

idiom

informal
used to say that every person has a successful moment in life

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If every dog has its day, today very much belongs to Hurricane. Lars Brandle, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019 Keep in mind that just as every dog has his day, each of these asset classes will have its own cycles. Erik Carter, Forbes, 6 June 2022 The internet might love itself some cat videos, but every dog has its day — and today that’s because of a new study that appeared today in Science suggesting that dogs became domesticated from wolves in Europe, rather than East Asia, and tens of thousands of years earlier than previously believed. Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2013

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“Every dog has his/its day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/every%20dog%20has%20his%2Fits%20day. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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