Idiom: What a Week

This is an English idiom you use when we've had a tough week usually from one of the following:

• Hard work schedule
• Sickness or illness
• An accident
• Relationship strain
• Bad luck
• Good luck
• Trouble with the car, computer or other device

When these occur within a day we would say 'what a day' to start into a list of things that happened. When they occur within a series of days we say 'what a week' to start our list.

A: Wow, what a week I've had!
B:Really? What happened?
A: Well on Sunday I started to have a sore throat but I went to a teachers' conference anyway and ended up staying out late having dinner and chatting with some of my teacher friends. On Monday my sore throat got worse and I had a pounding headache and went to teach a class. I went to bed early that night and on Tuesday I felt better and had a 5 hour training for my new job and then did a 6 hour training day on Wednesday that started at 9am. This new job is very physical so my legs hurt a bit. I had my part-time teaching job on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. I was suppose to work on Sunday, but I got a call and it got cancelled so now I can stay home and get some rest and do my laundry. 
B: Yeah. What a week!

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