English Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions
TIME, page 2
Idioms relating to Time
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'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.
- have time on your side
- If you say that you have time on your side, you have the advantage of
having plenty of time to do something without having to worry about it.
"Property prices are rising, so we don’t have to rush into selling our house. We’ve got time on our side.”
- If you say that you have time on your side, you have the advantage of
having plenty of time to do something without having to worry about it.
- 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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