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Albert Einstein

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT's relativity.

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on the hour

[on the hour] {adv. phr.} Each time the hour has zero minutes and zero seconds. * /The uptown bus goes past the school on the hour./ * /The woman must […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

up to the last minute

[up to the last minute] {adv. phr.} Until the last possible moment; until the very end. * /When I try to send in an important eyewitness report from the scene […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

zero hour

[zero hour] {n.} 1. The exact time when an attack or other military action is supposed to start. * /Zero hour for the bombers to take off was midnight./ 2. […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

happy hour

[happy hour] {n.}, {informal} A time in bars or restaurants when cocktails are served at a reduced rate, usually one hour before they start serving dinner. * /Happy hour is […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[stick to one's knitting] or [tend to one's knitting] {v. phr.}, {informal} To do your own job and not bother other people. * […]

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