What is the nick of time?

What is the nick of time?

informal. : just before the last moment when something can be changed or something bad will happen He decided to go just in the nick of time. The ambulance arrived in the nick of time.

How long is a nick of time?

90 minutes

Where did the phrase nick of time come from?

At the last moment, as in The police arrived in the nick of time, or He got there just in time for dinner. The first term began life as in the nick and dates from the 1500s, when nick meant “the critical moment” (a meaning now obsolete).

What does under the wire mean?

under the wire. Barely, scarcely, just within the limit, as in This book will be finished just under the wire. This term comes from horse racing, where the wire marks the finish line. [First half of 1900s] Also see down to the wire.

What does I’m all ears mean?

The expression, “I’m all ears” is used when you want to show somebody that you’re listening and ready for them to tell you something.

What is wee hour?

Wee hours mean the early hours of a day, or the period immediately after midnight. They are called so because the word ‘wee’ in present-day English means ‘very small or tiny’. As these hours are the beginning of the new day they came to be referred to as the wee hours.

Does wee mean pee?

a session of urination. I need a wee. See more words with the same meaning: to urinate, pee, piss.

Why is Wee called Wee?

Wee, and Wee-wee, may well be variant of pee. That itself is a jokey euphemism and appears to derive from the ‘P’ in piss. Shakespeare seems to use it that way in Twelfth Night, 1602: “By my life, this is my lady’s hand: these be her very C’s, her U’s, and her T’s, and thus makes she her great P’s.”

What does wee hours of the morning?

Meaning of wee hours in English the early hours of the morning, between twelve o’clock at night and the time when the sun rises: He was up until the wee hours trying to finish his work.

What does little tike mean?

1a : a small child. b chiefly British : a clumsy, churlish, or eccentric person. 2 : dog especially : an inferior or mongrel dog.

What is a adequate?

1 : sufficient for a specific need or requirement adequate time an amount of money adequate to supply their needs also : good enough : of a quality that is good or acceptable a machine that does an adequate job : of a quality that is acceptable but not better than acceptable Her first performance was merely adequate.

How do you use wee hours in a sentence?

The women were arrested in the wee hours of Tuesday and Wednesday. The companies reached a basic agreement in the wee hours of Thursday morning. He stayed up till the wee hours and slept till noon. Very few people left until the wee hours of the morning.

What is unholy hour?

: a time of day that is unreasonably early or late Who would call at this ungodly hour?

What is another word for early morning?

What is another word for early morning?

cockcrow	sunrise
wee hours	outset
first flush of morning	first glance
prime	brightening
first brightening	first impression

Where there’s a will there’s a way?

Idioms and Phrases with Where there’s a will, there’s a way If one really wants to do something, one can. For example, Max has no idea of how to get the money to repair his boat, but where there’s a will.

Who said Handsome is that handsome does?

HANDSOME (PRETTY) IS AS HANDSOME (PRETTY) DOES – Good deeds are more important than good looks. The proverb was first recorded by Chaucer in ‘The Wife of Bath’s Tale’ (c. 1387). In 1766, in the preface to ‘The Vicar of Wakefield,’ Oliver Goldsmith wrote: ‘Handsome is that handsome does.

Who said where theres a will theres a way?

Pauline Kael Quotes Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it.

Do not put the cart before the horse?

A cart is a vehicle that is ordinarily pulled by a horse, so to put the cart before the horse is an analogy for doing things in the wrong order. The figure of speech means doing things the wrong way round or with the wrong emphasis. The idiom is about confusing cause and effect.

What does it mean never look a gift horse in the mouth?

But we commonly use this idiom. Today “don’t (or never) look a gift horse in the mouth” means don’t find fault with something that has been received as a gift or favor. Don’t be ungrateful when you receive a present, even if it’s not exactly what you wanted.

What’s the meaning of don’t put the cart before the horse?

: to do things in the wrong order People are putting the cart before the horse by making plans on how to spend the money before we are even certain that the money will be available.

Who said Don’t put the cart before the horse?

philosopher Cicero

How do you put the cart before the horse?

to do things in the wrong order: Aren’t you putting the cart before the horse by deciding what to wear for the wedding before you’ve even been invited to it?

Where is the love there is life?

The truth is that where there is love, there IS life. Love is the power of the Universe, and everything is alive through an inexplicable power that could be called, ultimately, love. This quote reminds me of the recent quote I posted by Krishnamurti about how loving a problem can make it as beautiful as a sunrise.