be the order of the day

if something is the order of the day, it is thought to be necessary or it is used by everyone in a particular situation For countries undergoing a recession, large cuts in public spending seem to be the order of the day. Champagne was the order of the day as we all congratulated Tim on his success.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Aladin	[ə'lædin]
Eadric	-	Anglo-Saxon
Blandus	-	Ancient Roman
Davor	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Dmitry	DMEE-tree	Russian
Sofia	zo-FEE-ah (German), so-FEE-ah (Italian), soo-FEE-ə (Portuguese), SO-fee-ah (Finnish)	Norwegian, Swedish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Greek, Finnish, Estonian, Slovak, Romanian