it's high time that

it's high time that
it’s high time that spoken phrase
used for saying that something should be done soon, because it is already past the time when it should have been done

It’s high time we got a pay rise!

Thesaurus: late or too latesynonym
Main entry: high

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  • it is high time that —— — it is past the time when something should have happened or been done. → high …   English new terms dictionary

  • high time — Meaning The appropriate time (that something should be done). Origin From Shakespeare s Comedy of Errors. ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE: There s none but witches do inhabit here; And therefore tis high time that I were hence. She that doth call me… …   Meaning and origin of phrases

  • high time — the time before something should already have been done It is high time that we spent some time cleaning up our house …   Idioms and examples

  • High time — High High, a. [Compar. {Higher}; superl. {Highest}.] [OE. high, hegh, hey, heh, AS. he[ a]h, h?h; akin to OS. h?h, OFries. hag, hach, D. hoog, OHG. h?h, G. hoch, Icel. h?r, Sw. h[ o]g, Dan. h[ o]i, Goth. hauhs, and to Icel. haugr mound, G. h[… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • it's high time — if you say it s high time that something happened, you mean that it should already have been done. Her parents decided it was high time she started paying some rent. It s high time that nurses were given better pay and conditions. (often + that) …   New idioms dictionary

  • It's High Time — Single infobox Name = It s High Time Artist = Dottie West from Album = High Time Released = October 1981 Format = Album Genre = Countrypolitan Length = 3:00 Label = Liberty Certification = Last single = I m Gonna Put You Back On the Rack 1981… …   Wikipedia

  • It Was High Time to Escape — Infobox Album | Name = It Was High Time To Escape Type = Album Artist = 31Knots Released = September 2, 2003 Recorded = August 2002 March 2003 Genre = Math rock Length = ? Label = 54 40 or Fight Producer = Reviews = *Allmusic (4/5)… …   Wikipedia

  • it is high time — it should have happened a long time ago. It was high time someone invited me to lunch. It s high time you got that bad knee of yours looked at by a doctor! Related vocabulary: it s about time, at long last …   New idioms dictionary

  • The switch in time that saved nine — “The switch in time that saved nine” was the name given by the press to the apparent sudden shift by Justice Owen J. Roberts from the conservative wing of the United States Supreme Court (represented by the Four Horsemen) to the liberal wing… …   Wikipedia

  • time — [[t]ta͟ɪm[/t]] ♦ times, timing, timed 1) N UNCOUNT Time is what we measure in minutes, hours, days, and years. ...a two week period of time... Time passed, and still Ma did not appear... As time went on the visits got more and more regular... The …   English dictionary

  • time — time1 [ taım ] noun *** ▸ 1 quantity clock measures ▸ 2 period ▸ 3 occasion/moment ▸ 4 time available/needed ▸ 5 how fast music is played ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) uncount the quantity that you measure using a clock: Time seemed to pass more quickly than… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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