Red Letter

Red letter is an English language idiom that may refer to:

  • A red letter day, an important occasion, festival, or anniversary
  • A red letter edition, usually of the Bible, with portions of the text written in red ink

Famous quotes containing the words red and/or letter:

    “What blazed ahead of you? A faked road block?
    The red lamp swung, the sudden brakes and stalling
    Engine, voices, heads hooded and the cold-nosed gun?”
    —Seamus Heaney (b. 1939)

    “A letter is an unannounced visit, and the postman is the intermediary of impolite surprises. Every week we ought to have one hour for receiving letters, and then go and take a bath.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)