| 单词 | there is a time and a place |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthere is a time and a place (b) Hence with nouns or phrases other than everything, usually implying that it is not currently appropriate to do or consider what is specified. Also there is a time and a place with an infinitive, or standing alone. ΚΠ 1845 Congress. Globe 3 Mar. 387/3 He did not blame gentlemen for taking a conspicuous part in every question calculated to win popularity. But there is a time and a place for this sort of thing. 1892 Sc. Rev. Oct. 303 There is a time and place to be diffuse, and there is a time and place not to be diffuse. 1914 Expositor Mar. 389/2 There is a time and place for moving picture shows and postal cards, but that time and place is not the Sunday evening church service. 1946 H. Fast American ii. 101 I don't mind you boys writing... But there's a time and a place. 1976 B. Ball Keegan 16 Ross was over-familiar. There was a time and a place for such things. 2004 G. Woodward I'll go to Bed at Noon x. 175 ‘It's not that we don't appreciate the music,’ the neighbours went on to point out, ‘but there is a time and a place’. < as lemmas |
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