it's about time

it's about time

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪts əˈbaʊt taɪm/

Interjection

it's about time!

1. (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

Chinese: Mandarin: 是時候, 是时候 (shì shíhou) Dutch: het werd tijd, dat werd tijd, eindelijk (nl) Finnish: on korkea aika, lopultakin, vihdoinkin 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! Portuguese: já era hora, já era tempo Russian: наконец-то! (nakon'éc-to) Slovak: no konečne!, je na čase! Spanish: ya va siendo hora Swedish: det är/var på tiden (sv)