it's about time

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪts əˈbaʊt taɪm/

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Interjection

it's about time!

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

   So Johnny has finally learned the alphabet - it's about time too, he's 6!

Translations

expression of impatience

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 是時候／是时候 (shì shíhou)

• Dutch: het werd tijd, dat werd tijd, eindelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: jam temp' está
• Finnish: on korkea aika, lopultakin, vihdoinkin, jo oli aikakin
• French: c’est pas trop tôt (fr), ce n’est pas trop tôt (fr), bon débarras (fr), j’ai failli attendre (fr), il était temps (fr)
• German: Das wird auch langsam Zeit! (idiom)
• 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)