it is high time that


it is high time

It is the appropriate time (that something happen); it is long overdue (that something happen). Thank you for a lovely meal, but it's high time for us to start heading home. It is high time that someone gives him the punishment he deserves!See also: high, time

it is high time that

it is past the time when (something should have happened or been done).See also: high, that, time