red-letter day

noun
🔊/ˌred ˈletə deɪ/
🔊/ˌred ˈletər deɪ/
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  1. an important day, or a day that you will remember, because of something good that happened then重要纪念日;喜庆日
    • birthdays, wedding anniversaries and other red-letter days生日,结婚周年纪念日和其他以红色表示的日子
    • It was a red-letter day for United, who won a place in Saturday’s final.对于曼联来说,这是一个令人陶醉的日子,他在周六的决赛中赢得了一席之地。
    Word Originearly 18th cent.: from the practice of highlighting a festival in red on a calendar.