another day, another dollar

proverb — 2 senses

another day, another dollar

proverb
1

Everything is routine and mundane, and nothing eventful or extraordinary has happened.

2

Life goes on, and it is necessary to work in order to earn money.

  • Poor Tom suffered the tortures. He got up, yawned, and said, «Well, another day another dollar, good night,» and disappeared upstairs.1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, chapter 3, in On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC, part 4:
  • Another day, another dollar, another war1995, Jewel, “Who Will Save Your Soul”:
1 more example
  • Another day, another dollar / More money, more murder1996, “The Set Up”, in It Was Written, performed by Nas:
Synonyms
another day in paradise
Related terms
once more into the breach

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