10个与时间有关的英语短语，让你的口语更地道！

今天就让我们一起来看看，和时间有关的英语表达有哪些？

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1 pass the time

关于pass，时间过得特别快可以说“Time passes so quickly”，而打发时间可以说pass the time。

When Paula was ill, I took her some magazines to help her pass the time.

葆拉生病时，我给她带去一些杂志帮她消磨时间。

2 no time to lose

用这个短语催促别人，意思是“没时间耽搁”。

Come on, there's no time to lose, we have to get home before John finds out.

赶快，没有时间耽搁了，我们必须在约翰发现之前赶到家。

还可以说，time is of the essence。意思是“时间是关键，时间很宝贵”。

3 have time

这里的time是 I don't know how you find time to do all the things you do.

我不知道你是怎么抽出时间做所有这些事情的。

4 have time on your side

我们知道，have someone on your side是指有人是跟你站在同一边的，也就是被支持的意思，所以have time on your side表示时间是跟你站在同一边，表示 5 two-time

这是动词哦，意思是脚踏两条船；对…不忠。

I ended the relationship when I found out he was two-timing me.

当我发现他脚踏两条船时，就分手了。

two-timer就是“对爱情不忠者，脚踏两条船者”。

如果有任何一方已婚，那用having an affair 6 be watching the clock

等于have/keep your eye on the clock，形容因厌烦或急于离开而总是看表。

I had a train to catch, so I was watching the clock all through the meeting.

我得赶火车，所以开会的时候我一直在不停地看时间。

7 call it a day

这个习语的意思是，今天工作就到这了，可以回家了、可以休息了。

I'm getting a bit tired now - let's call it a day.

我有些累了——收工吧。

8 in this day and age

替代“at the present time”，意思是如今，当前，当今。

You can't afford to run businesses inefficiently in this day and age.

如今低效经营企业是行不通的。

9 shelf life

它 These days many marriages have a fairly short shelf life.

这个时代，许多婚姻都无法持久。

10 in due course

due这个形容词意思是预计的，预期的。

短语表示在 You will receive notification of the results in due course.

到时候你会收到结果通知的。