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2101 Time Clean your clock If you clean your clock, you beat someone decisively in a contest or fight.
2102 Time Come of age When something comes of age it develops completely and reaches maturity. When someone comes of age, they reach adulthood or fulfill their potential.
2103 Time Crack of dawn The crack of dawn is very early in the morning.
2104 Time Crunch time When people, companies, etc, have to make an important decision that will have a considerable effect on their future, it is crunch time.
2105 Time Day in the sun If you have your day in the sun, you get attention and are appreciated.
2106 Time Days are numbered When someone’s days are numbered, they are expected to die soon.
2107 Time Do time (UK) When someone is doing time, they are in prison.
2108 Time Don't know whether to wind a watch or bark at the moon If you dont know what to do, you dont know whether to wind a watch or bark at the moon.
2109 Time Dwell on the past Thinking too much about the past, so that it becomes a problem is to dwell on the past.
2110 Time Eleventh hour If something happens at the eleventh hour, it happens right at the last minute.
2111 Time Even a broken clock is right twice a day This is used when people get lucky and are undeservedly successful.(Even a stopped clock is right twice a day is also used.)
2112 Time Feast today, famine tomorrow If you indulge yourself with all that you have today, you may have to go without tomorrow.
2113 Time Five o'clock shadow A five oclock shadow is the facial hair that a man gets if he doesnt shave for a day or two.
2114 Time For the time being For the time being indicates that an action or state will continue into the future, but is temporary. Im sharing an office for the time being.
2115 Time Full of the joys of spring If you are full of the joys of spring, you are very happy and full of energy.
2116 Time Fullness of time If something happens in the fullness of time, it will happen when the time is right and appropriate.
2117 Time Girl Friday A girl Friday is a female employee who assists someone without any specific duties.
2118 Time Given the day that's in it (Irish) This idiom is used when something is obvious because of the day that it occurs: traffic, for example would be busy around a football stadium on game day, given the day thats in it. On any other day the traffic would be unexplainable, but because its game day its obvious why there is traffic.
2119 Time Good time If you make good time on a journey, you manage to travel faster than you expected.
2120 Time Have your moments Someone who has his or her moments exhibits a positive behavior pattern on an occasional basis but not generally.
2121 Time Here today, gone tomorrow Money, happiness and other desirable things are often here today, gone tomorrow, which means that they dont last for very long.
2122 Time Hour of need A time when someone really needs something, almost a last chance, is their hour of need.
2123 Time In an instant If something happens in an instant, it happens very rapidly.
2124 Time Just in the nick of time If you do something in the nick of time, you just manage to do it just in time, with seconds to spare.
2125 Time Laugh a minute Someone who is a laugh a minute is very funny.
2126 Time Legend in your own lunchtime Somebody who becomes a legend in their own lifetime acquires fame, but often only to a select or specialist audience, while they are still alive.
2127 Time Let's call it a day This is used as a way of suggesting that it is time to stop working on something.
2128 Time Like clockwork If something happens like clockwork, it happens at very regular times or intervals.
2129 Time Like there's no tomorrow If you do something like theres no tomorrow, you do it fast or energetically.
2130 Time Long time no hear The speaker could say this when they have not heard from a person, either through phone calls or emails for a long time.
2131 Time Long time no see Long time no see means that the speaker has not seen that person for a long time.
2132 Time Make my day If something makes your day, it satisfies you or makes you happy.
2133 Time Mile a minute To do something very quickly. For example: He was talking a mile a minute.
2134 Time Nick of time If you do something in the nick of time, you do it at the very last minute or second.
2135 Time No time like the present If people say that theres no time like the present , they believe that it is far better to do something now than to leave it for later, in which case it might never get done.
2136 Time No time to lose If theres no time to lose, then its time to get started otherwise it wont be finished on time.
2137 Time Not born yesterday When someone says that they werent born yesterday, they mean that they are not naive or easily fooled.
2138 Time Not give the time of day If you wouldnt give the time of day to someone, you dislike them so much that you would not even use common courtesy.
2139 Time Not on my watch Someone distancing themselves from a situation could say that it is not on their watch.
2140 Time Now and then This idiom means occasionally.
2141 Time One-man band If one person does all the work or has all the responsibility somewhere, then they are a one-man band.
2142 Time Open all hours If a shop or suchlike is open all hours, it only closes, if at all, terribly late.
2143 Time Pass the time of day If you pass the time of day with somebody, you stop and say hello, enquire how they are and other such acts of social politeness.
2144 Time Play for time If you play for time, you delay something because because you are not ready or need more time to thing about it.? Eg. I knew I had to play for time until the police arrived.
2145 Time Pressed for time If you are pressed for time, you are in a hurry or working against a very tight schedule.
2146 Time Question of time If somethings a question of time, its certain to happen, though we dont know exactly when.
2147 Time Rough patch A rough patch is a difficult or trying period.
2148 Time Rue the day This means that the person will one day bitterly regret what they have done.
2149 Time Since time immemorial If something has happened since time immemorial, its been going on for such a long time that nobody can remember a time without it.
2150 Time Small-time If a person or a thing is called small-time it means theyre inconsequential, not worth much, dont play in the big leagues, as in a small-time operator.
2151 Time Some other time If somebody says theyll do something some other time, they mean at some indefinite time in the future, possibly never, but they certainly dont want to feel obliged to fix a specific time or date.
2152 Time Spur of the moment If you do something on the spur of the moment, you do it because you felt like it at that time, without any planning or preparation.
2153 Time Stitch in time saves nine A stitch in time saves nine means that if a job needs doing it is better to do it now, because it will only get worse, like a hole in clothes that requires stitching.
2154 Time Stop a clock A face that could (or would) stop a clock is very ugly indeed.
2155 Time Strange at the best of times To describe someone or something as really weird or unpleasant in a mild way.
2156 Time Stroll down memory lane If you take a stroll down memory lane, you talk about the past or revisit places that were important to you in the past. (You can also take a trip down memory lane.)
2157 Time The sands of time The sands of time is an idiom meaning that time runs out either through something reaching an end or through a persons death. It comes from the sand used in hourglasses, an ancient way of measuring time.
2158 Time Third time's the charm This is used when the third time one tries something, one achieves a successful outcome.
2159 Time Time and again If something happens time and again, it happens repeatedly. (Time and time again is also used.)
2160 Time Time and tide wait for no man This is used as a way of suggestion that people should act without delay.
2161 Time Time does sail This idioms means that time passes by unnoticed.
2162 Time Time flies This idiom means that time moves quickly and often unnoticed.
2163 Time Time is on my side If time is on your side, you have the luxury of not having to worry about how long something will take.
2164 Time Time of your life If youre having the time of your life, you are enjoying yourself very much indeed.
2165 Time Time-honoured practice A time-honoured practice is a traditional way of doing something that has become almost universally accepted as the most appropriate or suitable way.
2166 Time To the end of time To the end of time is an extravagant way of saying forever.
2167 Time Tomorrow's another day This means that things might turn out better or that there might be another opportunity in the future.
2168 Time Wee hours Wee hours are the first hours after midnight.
2169 Time Zero hour The time when something important is to begin is zero hour.
2170 Transport & Travel As much use as a handbrake on a canoe This idiom is used to describe someone or something as worthless or pointless.
2171 Transport & Travel Asleep at the wheel If someone is asleep at the wheel, they are not doing their job or taking their responsibilities very carefully. Asleep at the switch is an alternative.
2172 Transport & Travel Backseat driver A backseat driver is an annoying person who is fond of giving advice to the person performing a task or doing something, especially when the advice is either wrong or unwelcome.
2173 Transport & Travel Beam me up, Scotty Something someone says when they want to get out of a place or situation, meaning Get me out of here!. (It comes from the TV series and movies Star Trek, though the exact words used were a little different.)
2174 Transport & Travel Circle the wagons (USA) If you circle the wagons, you stop communicating with people who dont think the same way as you to avoid their ideas.? It can also mean to bring everyone together to defend a group against an attack.
2175 Transport & Travel Clear the decks When you clear the decks, you get ready for an important action and put away items that might get in your way.
2176 Transport & Travel Climb on the bandwagon When people climb on the bandwagon they do something because it is popular and everyone else is doing it.
2177 Transport & Travel Country mile (USA) A country mile is used to describe a long distance.
2178 Transport & Travel Fall off the back of a lorry (UK) If someone tries to sell you something that has fallen of the back of a lorry, they are trying to sell you stolen goods.
2179 Transport & Travel Fall off the wagon If someone falls off the wagon, they start drinking after having given up completely for a time.
2180 Transport & Travel Fifth wheel (USA) A fifth wheel is something unnecessary or useless.
2181 Transport & Travel Full throttle If you do something full throttle, you do it with as much speed and energy as you can.
2182 Transport & Travel Go play in traffic This is used as a way of telling someone to go away.
2183 Transport & Travel Hit the road When people hit the road, they leave a place to go somewhere else.
2184 Transport & Travel I'll cross that road when I come to it Ill think about something just when it happens, not in advance.
2185 Transport & Travel In high gear (USA) If something is in high gear, it is in a quick-paced mode. If someone is in high gear, they are feverishly on the fast track.
2186 Transport & Travel In the driver's seat If you are in the drivers seat, you are in charge of something or in control of a situation.
2187 Transport & Travel Jump on the bandwagon If people jump on the bandwagon, they get involved in something that has recently become very popular.
2188 Transport & Travel Jump the track Jumping the track is suddenly changing from one plan, activity, idea, etc, to another.
2189 Transport & Travel Off the track If something puts or throws you off your track, it distracts you or keeps you from achieving what you want.
2190 Transport & Travel On the wagon If someone is on the wagon, they have stopped drinking alcohol.
2191 Transport & Travel Put the carriage before the horse If you put the carriage before the horse, you try to do things in the wrong order.
2192 Transport & Travel Put the pedal to the metal If you put the pedal to the metal, you go faster.
2193 Transport & Travel Rearrange the deckchairs on the Titanic (UK) If people are rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic, they are making small changes that will have no effect as the project, company, etc, is in very serious trouble.
2194 Transport & Travel Reinvent the wheel If someone reinvents the wheel, they waste their time doing something that has already been done by other people, when they could be doing something more worthwhile.
2195 Transport & Travel Right up my alley If something is right up your alley, it suits you perfectly.
2196 Transport & Travel Right up your street If something is ideal for you, it is right up your street.
2197 Transport & Travel Running on fumes If someone has used all their energy on something, but must continue, they are running on fumes. It is an expression used when driving a car when the needle is on empty but still running. We say it is running on fumes.
2198 Transport & Travel Ship came in If your ship has come in, something very good has happened to you.
2199 Transport & Travel Smooth sailing If something is smooth sailing, then you can progress without difficulty.  (Plain sailing is also used.)
2200 Transport & Travel Squeaky wheel gets the grease (USA) When people say that the squeaky wheel gets the grease, they mean that the person who complains or protests the loudest attracts attention and service.

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