von heute auf morgen

German

Etymology

Literally: “from today to tomorrow”.

Adverb

von heute auf morgen

  1. (idiomatic) within a short period of time; overnight; suddenly
    Er hat seine Meinung von heute auf morgen geändert.
    He changed his opinion overnight.

Usage notes
  • As seen in the example sentence, the phrase is generally not changed when referring to the past. While it would be grammatically possible to say von gestern auf heute (literally “from yesterday to today”), this would imply that the change actually happened, or was made known, on this very day.

Synonyms
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