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Definition 2024

it's_about_time

it's about time

English

Interjection

it's about time!

(idiomatic, sarcastic) Used to express impatience at the eventual occurrence of something that the speaker or writer considered to be long overdue.

Translations

expression of impatience

Dutch: het werd tijd, dat werd tijd, eindelijk (nl)
French: c'est pas trop tôt (fr), ce n'est pas trop tôt (fr), j'ai failli attendre (fr), il était temps
Icelandic: mikið var!, það var mikið!, það er mál til komið!, mál til komið!

Italian: era ora!
Latvian: beidzot!, sen jau bija laiks!
Russian: наконец-то! (nakon'éc-to)
Slovak: no konečne!, je na čase!
Spanish: ya va siendo hora
Swedish: det är/var på tiden (sv)