one of these days
In the future
One of these days means at some unspecified time in the future—eventually, but without commitment to when: One of these days I'll clean out the garage.
The phrase often carries a tone of vague intention or mild threat: One of these days you're going to regret that.
- eventuallyAt a later time
- at some pointDuring an unspecified time
- one dayUnspecified future time
- one fine dayVague future moment
- yetStill, or eventually
later · soon · in the near future · around the corner · wishful thinking · sooner or later · any day now · someday · procrastination · in the cards · before long · sometime · on the horizon · hope · mark my words · time will tell · up in the air · in due time
- futureforthcoming, upcoming, coming, impending, imminent
- patience phraseswait, hold on, just a minute, one moment, one second
one of these daysright now
At the present moment
immediately · today · this instant · right away · at once
one of these dayson schedule
At the expected time
on the dot · punctually · by appointment · right on time · without fail
one of these daysback in the day
In times past
once upon a time · long ago · way back when · in times past · yesteryear