| 单词 | time's a-wasting |
| 释义 | > as lemmastime's a-wasting l. colloquial (originally U.S.). time's a-wasting and variants: ‘time is running out’, ‘hurry up’. Cf. waste v. 14. ΚΠ 1884 ‘C. E. Craddock’ In Tennessee Mountains 18 Hurry an' git supper, child. Time's a-wastin',—time's a-wastin! 1942 Los Angeles Times 25 June i. 18/2 May we remember that there is a war going on and that time is ‘a-wasting’. 1967 Boys' Life Apr. 6/3 So get going—time's a-wastin'! 2002 W. Woodruff Road to Nab End (2003) 3 Others thought that anybody over seventy had every right to do as he pleased. ‘Time's a-wasting’, they said, noting my faulty gait. < as lemmas |
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