Idioms about TIME
We can think about time as something moving.
Time as a moving object.A race against time (to fight against time) – an attempt to do something when there is little time to do it.
The villagers raced against time to protect their town against the flood.Ahead of someone's time – having ideas and attitudes that are too advanced to be acceptable in the present.
Sue's grandmother was ahead of her time in waiting to study medicine.Ahead of time – before the announced time.
If you want to get good seats arrive ahead of time.Time flies – time passes very quickly.
Time flies when you have fun.Illustration for the last one---------------
If someone wants to say 'at some time exactly', he (or she) can say:
at some time sharpor
on stroke of some time.
For example,
The train arrived at midnight sharp. She went home on stroke of two o'clock.----------------
My favorite idiom so far.
We had
a whale of time!