day and night

[day and night] or [night and day] {adv.}

1. For days without stopping; continually. Syn.: AROUND THE CLOCK.

* /Some filling stations on great highways are open day and night 365 days a year./

* /The three men took turns driving the truck, and they drove night and day for three days./

2. Every day and every evening.

* /The girl knitted day and night to finish the sweater before her mother's birthday./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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