the other day
Speech parts
1. the other day - Noun
2. the other day - Adverb
Meaning
the other day
(idiomatic) recently; lately; a few days ago.
I was in San Francisco just the other day.
the other day
(Philippines) the day before yesterday.
Examples
My wife is always trying to get rid of me. The other day she told me to put the garbage out. I said to her I already did. She told me to go and keep an eye on it.
My wife's jealousy is getting ridiculous. The other day she looked at my calendar and wanted to know who May was.
The other day the President said, I know you've had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?
A girl phoned me the other day and said... 'Come on over, there's nobody home.' I went over. Nobody was home.
I went to a fight the other day and a hockey game broke out.
I just heard a story from someone the other day where somebody was beaten up by Christians for wearing one of our shirts. Of course, that's a very Christian thing to do.