Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Around the clock Idioms

Read each idiom and write its meaning.


a good time
a hard time
a matter of time
a race against time
a race against time clock
about time
ahead of time
before time
better luck next time
buy time
catch at a bad time
catch me later
time flies

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  1. http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/time

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  2. 1.Everyone had a good time
    2.trouble [over something]; unnecessary difficulty
    3.sure to happen at some time in the future
    4.an attempt to do something when there is little time to do it
    5.an attempt to do something very quickly because there is only a short time in which it can be done
    6.this should have happened long ago
    7.beforehand; before the announced time
    8.happening before someone was born or old enough to know what was going on
    9.an expression that comforts someone for a minor failure or an expression that ridicules someone for a failure
    10.to postpone an event hoping that the situation will improve
    11.to attempt to speak or deal with someone at a time inconvenient for that person
    12.Please try to talk to me later
    13.time passes very quickly

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  3. 1. A GOOD TIME- Everyone had a good time.
    2. A HARD TIME- a bad time; a rough time
    3. A MATTER OF TIME- sure to happen at some time in the future
    4. A RACE AGAINST TIME- an attempt to do something when there is little time to do it
    5. ABOUT TIME- this should have happened long ago
    6. AHEAD OF TIME- beforehand; before the announced time
    7. BEFORE TIME- during a period when you were not active or alive
    8. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME- an expression that comforts someone for a minor failure
    9. BUY TIME- to postpone an event hoping that the situation will improve
    10. CATCH AT THE BAD TIME- to attempt to speak or deal with someone at a time inconvenient for that person
    11. CATCH ME LATER- Please try to talk to me later
    12. TIMES FLIES- something that you say which means that time passes very quickly, often so quickly that you are surprised

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