A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

Note: 
The expression does not correlate in meaning with the
phrase dog days of summer, the—(also: dog days, the) the hot,
sultry period of summer (between early July and early September):
People aren’t the only ones in danger during the “dog days of
summer.” Their pets are too.
every day • everyday
every day —(adverbial phrase) do smth. each one of the days:
I have been dating a wonderful man for the past two months.
My only “problem” is that I want to see him every day.
everyday —(attrib.) 
1
. said of smth. happening or used rou-
tinely: Rutledge came in his everyday clothes, giving a long-
winded excuse about not having time to get an outfit together.
2. common and familiar: Marr had attempted to play the
whole affair down by stating that such incidents and “petty”
crimes were “an everyday occurrence.”
every man is a king • every man is a king in his
own house
every man is a king —(also: every man a king ) an American
catch-phrase implying the necessity for a fair redistribution
of the nation’s wealth: In our democracy, as the founders
noted, every man is a king.
every man is a king in his own house —(saying ) each man is
the ruler of his own domain or property: The lack of a central
authority let loose anarchy in the kingdom where every man
was virtually a king in his own house.
every man Jack • every Tom, Dick and Harry
every man Jack —(emphatic coll.) every individual man;
everybody without exception (also: every Jack man): I am re-
sponsible for the ship’s safety and the life of every man Jack
aboard of her.
every Tom, Dick and Harry —(often pejor.) anyone, especially
people that one does not think are important: Bob values his
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every man Jack

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privacy, so doesn’t hand out his phone number to every Tom,
Dick, and Harry.