“the next”

The following 9 entries include the term the next.

from one day to the next

idiom

: every day : on any given day

from one minute to the next

idiom

: very quickly as time passes

from one moment to the next

idiom

: very quickly as time passes

in the next life

idiom

: in the life that may exist after death : in the afterlife

the next big thing

noun

: a future trend

the next couple of

idiom

: the upcoming two : the next two

the next life

noun

: a life that is believed by some people to come after death

the next man/person

noun

: any other man/person

the next thing I knew

idiom

used to say that something happened right after something else


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