| There are those of us who like nothing better than to start the day off with a piece of cherry pie and whipped cream. |
| The Irish celebrate St Patrick's Day with the day off work and the chance to get blind drunk on Guinness. |
| The boyfriend and I had a day off yesterday and went on a jolly round the Thames like tourists. |
| It was an 80-floor walk-up, we were saying, and they'd better book the next day off. |
| A recent survey, published by the daily Le Parisien, showed that two-thirds of French people were against giving up their Whit Monday day off. |
| Despite the harsh conditions they never take a day off, working seven days a week in any weather. |
