Time & pace
191 idioms live on this lane.
Idioms about time & pace
- about time
- act one's age, not one's shoe size
- after the fact
- against the clock
- ahead of one's time
- all the while
- any time now
- around the clock
- as if there were no tomorrow
- as it happens
- as long as
- as of late
- as often as not
- as the day is long
- at all hours
- at first
- at last
- at latter Lammas
- at long last
- at the end of the day
- at the last minute
- at this point in time
- beat the clock
- beyond one's years
- blink-and-you-miss-it
- blue moon
- bright and early
- but then
- clock is ticking
- come thick and fast
- coon's age
- crack of dawn
- cradle robber
- cradle snatcher
- crop up
- cut it fine
- day and age
- day or night
- dead of night
- donkey's ears
- donkey's years
- down the line
- down the track
- down to the wire
- due course
- effluxion of time
- eleventh hour
- every time
- fashionably late
- fast and furious
- find another gear
- first of never
- for the most part
- for the nonce
- for this once
- four score and seven years ago
- fourth gear
- from can see to can't see
- from here to Sunday
- from time to time
- full tilt
- get a move on
- get late
- get up with the chickens
- give the time of day
- go at a good clip
- go back in time
- Greek calends
- grey power
- have time on one's side
- high noon
- high time
- in a flash
- in a heartbeat
- in addition
- in full gear
- in high gear
- in no time
- in recent memory
- in the fast lane
- in the flower of one's youth
- in the here and now
- in the long run
- in the long term
- in the nick of time
- in the right place at the right time
- in the short run
- in the twinkling of an eye
- in the wink of an eye
- in this day and age
- in two shakes
- it's about time
- it's five o'clock somewhere
- Johnny-come-lately
- just a minute
- last minute
- last thing
- lead time
- lie before
- lightning fast
- lightningly
- lightning-quick
- little old
- long in the tooth
- long run
- long since
- many a time and oft
- many moons ago
- matter of time
- month of Sundays
- more often than not
- never in a month of Sundays
- next thing one knows
- not a minute too soon
- not look a day over
- now and again
- now and then
- now for
- now or never
- nut-cutting time
- of late
- oh dark hundred
- oh dark thirty
- old as the hills
- old enough to vote
- on a regular basis
- on an irregular basis
- on and off
- on one's watch
- on the button
- on the clock
- on the dot
- on the double
- on the point of
- once again
- once in a blue moon
- once in a while
- once or twice
- one moment
- one's days are numbered
- one's hour
- the other day
- our era
- party like it's 1999
- peep of day
- pressed for time
- prime of life
- put the clock back
- put the clock forward
- quick as a flash
- quick off the mark
- race against time
- ripe old age
- rob the cradle
- round the clock
- second childhood
- second Tuesday of the week
- set one's watch back
- slower than molasses
- snow on the rooftop
- so far
- somewhere along the line
- speak of the devil and he shall appear
- step on it
- then and there
- this is where we came in
- this minute
- time will tell
- to date
- top of the hour
- turn back the clock
- twinkling of an eye
- two-second rule
- under the wire
- until the cows come home
- up to speed
- up with the chickens
- up with the lark
- up with the larks
- used to
- wait out
- way back when
- we haven't got all day
- a week from next Tuesday
- week in, week out
- when two Sundays come together
- when two Sundays meet
- while we're young
- wind back the clock
- with a quickness
- within living memory