Idiom Breakdown

rue the day

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Definition

To seriously regret one's actions.

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"I: I think there may be something living in there. I think there may be something alive. Withnail: What d'you mean? A rat? I: It's possible. It's possible. Withnail: Then the fucker will rue the day!"
"As far as they were concerned, he must be ruing the day he ever met Sally."
"Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark"

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