(British, Irish, euphemistic) An exclamation of astonishment or gleeful disapproval.
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“ […] Oh, my days, don’t ’ee say another word about either of ’em. I wish I’d never been born.”
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1907, Mary Patricia Willcocks, The Wingless Victory, John Lane Company, page 391:
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"Oh my days," said my mother and she sank into a chair.
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1963, Will P. Rose, The Vanishing Village[1], Citadel Press, page 192:
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‘Oh my fucking days,’ cried Biscuit, shaking his head. ‘We’re fucking jinxed, man.’
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2001, Alex Wheatle, East of Acre Lane[1], Fourth Estate, →ISBN, page 33:
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Then the nurse mentioned Epidural, oh my days I know i[sic] nearly passed out at the sight of the needle going into the spinal column, all the while that wretch is screaming blue murder in the next room, 'get it out'.
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2004, "Kunjufu" (username), comment in "Fathers and Childbirth" (online forum topic), quoted in Barbara M. Newman and Philip R. Newman, Development Through Life: A Psychosocial Approach, Tenth Edition, Cengage Learning (2008), →ISBN, page 111:
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Jamal covered his face with his hands. ‘Oh my days . . .’