English Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions
TIME, page 2
Idioms relating to Time
from:
'at the eleventh hour' to:
'time after time'
- at the eleventh hour
- If something happens at the eleventh hour,
it happens when it is almost too late, or at the last possible moment.
"Our team won after they scored a goal at the eleventh hour."
- If something happens at the eleventh hour,
it happens when it is almost too late, or at the last possible moment.
- five o'clock shadow
- This expression refers to a patch of stubble
on the face of a man who hasn't shaved for at least a day.
"He looked tired and had a five o'clock shadow."
- This expression refers to a patch of stubble
on the face of a man who hasn't shaved for at least a day.
- in the interim
- Something that happens in the interim
takes place during a period of time between two events.
"I won't have the apartment until next month. In the interim I'm staying at a local hotel."
- Something that happens in the interim
takes place during a period of time between two events.
- in the long run
- The term 'in the long run' refers to something
that will have effect over or after a long period of time.
"Learning Chinese is going to be difficult, but it'll be worth it in the long run because it will help me to get a better job."
- The term 'in the long run' refers to something
that will have effect over or after a long period of time.
- in your own sweet time
- If you do something in your own sweet time,
you take as long as you please to do it, in spite of the wishes of others.
"OK, I'll do it - but in my own sweet time!"
- If you do something in your own sweet time,
you take as long as you please to do it, in spite of the wishes of others.
- just around the corner
- If something is just around the
corner, it will happen very soon.
"With spring just around the corner, the new collection should begin to sell."
- If something is just around the
corner, it will happen very soon.
- the moment of truth
- A critical or decisive time when you face the reality of a situation,
and find out if your efforts have succeeded, is called the moment of truth.
"The moment of truth has arrived - I'm going to serve my first soufflé!"
- A critical or decisive time when you face the reality of a situation,
and find out if your efforts have succeeded, is called the moment of truth.
- in a month of Sundays
- This expression is an amusing way of
referring to a very long period of time.
"I haven't been to the theatre in a month of Sundays."
- This expression is an amusing way of
referring to a very long period of time.
- never in a million years
- This expression means 'absolutely never'.
"I will never in a million years understand why Anne married Bob."
- This expression means 'absolutely never'.
- once in a blue moon
- If something occurs once in a blue moon, it happens
very rarely.
"Bill has very little contact with his brother. They see each other once in a blue moon."
- If something occurs once in a blue moon, it happens
very rarely.
- time after time
- If you do somethingtime after time, you do it
repeatedly or on many occasions.
"He was surprised when the teacher punished him although he had been warned time after time."
- If you do somethingtime after time, you do it
repeatedly or on many occasions.
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