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a peak moment so good gravity files a complaint and time clocks out early.
means A high day is a special festival or important occasion, the kind of day singled out for celebration above the ordinary — often paired with 'holiday' in the phrase 'high days and holidays.'
from From Old English 'hēah' (high) — the same word for tall things and lofty ones — joined to 'dæg' (day). The sense of 'high' here means exalted or chief, the way we still speak of a 'high feast' or 'high holy day,' picturing the important occasion as raised above the flat run of common days.
- old meaning
- once meant a festival or holy celebration day
- in idiom
- survives in the phrase high days and holidays
- solstice link
- the year's highest sun marks midsummer's high day
- mood math
- the higher the day, the harder the comedown
high day dresses — traditional scottish formal attire worn for significant occasions like weddings and ceilidhs
high days and holidays — british phrase for festive occasions and celebrations, used since the 16th century