Talk:day before yesterday

Shouldn't day before yesterday and the like add the definite article the --Backinstadiums (talk) 14:25, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

That can be conveyed with a usage example or usage note. Very few headwords merit an initial article. Also often the term appears without the, especially in speech. DCDuring (talk) 15:16, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

@DCDuring: Webster does include the, as does McMillan or wiktionary in the other day --Backinstadiums (talk) 15:20, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

We've got the redirect, so no one will get lost. DCDuring (talk) 15:25, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

At Google NGrams, day before yesterday occurs without the about one-third of its uses. DCDuring (talk) 15:28, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

@DCDuring: why is this just a translation tub? Is it a SoP? its recursion can't really go on more https://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=the%20day%20before%20yesterday