- tide|wait|er
- tide|wait|er «TYD WAY tuhr», noun.a customs officer who formerly waited for and boarded ships to prevent the evasion of the customs regulations.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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time and tide wait for no man — c 1390 CHAUCER Clerk’s Tale 1.118 For thogh we slepe or wake, or rome, or ryde, Ay fleeth the tyme; it nil no [will no] man abyde. a 1520 Everyman (1961) 1.143 The Tyde abydeth no man. 1592 R. GREENE Disputation between He Cony catcher & She Cony … Proverbs new dictionary
time and tide wait for no man — This is used as a way of suggestion that people should act without delay … The small dictionary of idiomes
time and tide wait for no man — ► time and tide wait for no man proverb if you don t make use of a favourable opportunity, you may never get the same chance again. Main Entry: ↑time … English terms dictionary
tide — 01. The children got trapped on a small rock in the middle of the water when the [tide] came in while they were playing. 02. When the [tide] is out, we can walk further along the beach. 03. I like to explore the beach when the [tide] is low. 04.… … Grammatical examples in English
tide — [OE] Tide originally meant ‘time’ – as in the tautologous ‘time and tide wait for no man’. Like the related German zeit, Dutch tijd, and Swedish and Danish tid, all of which mean ‘time’, it comes from a prehistoric Germanic *tīdiz. This was… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
tide — [OE] Tide originally meant ‘time’ – as in the tautologous ‘time and tide wait for no man’. Like the related German zeit, Dutch tijd, and Swedish and Danish tid, all of which mean ‘time’, it comes from a prehistoric Germanic *tīdiz. This was… … Word origins
tide — see a rising tide lifts all boats time and tide wait for no man … Proverbs new dictionary
wait — see all things come to those who wait time and tide wait for no man it’s ill waiting for dead men’s shoes … Proverbs new dictionary
time and tide wait for no man — one person cannot stop the forces of time, one person cannot change events that are fated to continue … English contemporary dictionary
time and tide wait for no man — This is used as a way of suggestion that people should act without delay. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
