T
Idioms beginning with "T"
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[tilt at windmills] {v. phr.}, {literary}
To do battle with an imaginary foe (after Cervantes' Don Quixote).
John is a nice guy but when it comes to departmental meetings he wastes everybody's time by constantly tilting at windmills.
[time]
See:
[ABOUT TIME],
[AGAINST TIME],
[AT A TIME],
[AT ONE TIME],
[AT THE SAME TIME],
[AT TIMES],
[BEHIND THE TIMES],
[BEHIND TIME],
[BIDE ONE'S TIME],
[BIG TIME],
[EVERY TIME ONE TURNS AROUND],
[FOR THE TIME BEING],
[FROM TIME TO TIME],
[…]
[time and a half] {n. phr.}
Pay given to a worker at a rate half again as much as he usually gets.
John got time and a half when he worked beyond his usual quitting time.
* /Tom gets one dollar for regular pay and a dollar and a half for time and […]
[time and again] or [time and time again] {adv.}
Many times; repeatedly; very often.
I've told you time and again not to touch the vase!
Children are forgetful and must be told time and time again how to behave.
[time is ripe]
The best time has come for doing something.
The Prime Minister will hold elections when the time is ripe.
Lee saw his mother was upset, so he decided the time was not ripe to tell her about the broken window.
[time of one's life] {n. phr.}
A very happy or wonderful time.
John had the time of his life at the party.
I could see that she was having the time of her life.
[time off] {n. phr.}
A period of release from work.
If I had some time off this afternoon, I would finish writing the letters I promised to my family.
[time out] {n. phr.}
Time during which a game, a lecture, a discussion or other activity is stopped for a while for some extra questions or informal discussion, or some other reason.
He took a time out from studying to go to a movie.
* /The player […]