与时间有关的英语俚语
用来描述匆忙做某事。
I worked day and night against the clock to get this done on time, and you're being so ungrateful!
为了按时完成这项任务，我夜以继日地工作，你真是太忘恩负义了!
8. CALL TIME
8.到此结束
When you call time on something, you decide it is time to end it.
用来描述决定终止某事。
I think we should call time on this project. It is draining our resources, exhausting our manpower, and isn't making any progress.
我认为是时候结束这个项目了。它耗尽了我们的资源和人力，却没有取得任何进展。
9. CRUNCH TIME
9.关键时刻
When someone has to make an important decision that will affect not just their future, but those of others around them too.
某人不得不做出重要决定的时刻。这一决定不仅会影响他们的未来，也会影响周围其他人。
As the Executive Director stepped out onto the podium, his clothes felt damp, and sweat beads were forming on his forehead. He knew it was crunch time.
执行董事长走上讲台，衣服微湿，头上略有汗珠。他知道这是关键时刻。
10. BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
10.亡羊补牢
This suggests that it is better to do something late than not do it at all.
晚点做要比不做好。
I've finally managed to build my dream house. I know I'm nearly at retirement age, but it's better late than never!
我终于建成了梦想中的家。尽管我已经到了差不多退休的年纪，但是晚点实现总比实现不了强!
11. DAYS ARE NUMBERED
11.去日不多
When someone's days are numbered, they are expected to die soon.
形容人，表示去日无多。
The doctors say his days are numbered. They don't have much hope of him surviving this illness.
大夫们认为他气数已尽，对他不抱什么希望了。
12. DO TIME / SERVE TIME
12.服刑
Used to describe someone's sentence in prison.
用于描述某人的刑期。
He is doing time for a crime he did not commit!
他没有犯罪，却在服刑!
13. DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO WIND A WATCH OR BARK AT THE MOON
13.不知如何是好
Used when someone just doesn't know what to do
描述某人不知如何是好
He has asked me to marry him and is still waiting for an answer, but I don't know whether to wind a watch or bark at the moon!
他向我求婚，等着我回复，可我却不知道要如何回应!
14. ELEVENTH HOUR
14.最后一刻
When something happens at the very last minute.
危急之时。
Everyone thought he was going to lose when he had to stop to get a tyre changed, but at the eleventh hour, he came first and won the race!
他停下来换轮胎时，大家都认为他必输无疑。但是，最后一刻，他赶上来赢得了比赛!