Common American Phrases in Everyday Contexts (214 page)

Time to go
.
Go to (It's) time to go.

Time to hit the road
.
Go to (It's) time to hit the road.

Time to move along
.
Go to (It's) time to run.

Time to move on
.
Go to (It's) time to move on.

Time to push along
.
Go to (It's) time to run.

Time to push off
.
Go to (It's) time to run.

Time to run
.
Go to (It's) time to run.

Time to shove off
.
Go to (I) have to shove off.

Time to split
.
Go to (It's) time to run.

Time we were going
.
Go to (It's) time we were going.

Times are changing
.
Things are changing rapidly and in amazing ways.
S
UE
: They paid nearly five hundred thousand for their first house! R
ACHEL
: Well, I shouldn't be so surprised. Times are changing, I guess
.
“Times are changing,” warned Mary. “You can't expect the world to stand still.
”

(To) hell with that
!
I reject that!
M
ARY
: I think we ought to go to the dance Friday night. T
OM
: To hell with that!
F
RED
: Don't you want to drive me down to school? J
OHN
: To hell with that!

to put it another way
AND
put another way
a phrase introducing a restatement of what someone, usually the speaker, has just said.
F
ATHER
: You're still very young, Tom. To put it another way, you don't have any idea about what you're getting into. T
OM
: But I still want to get married, so can I borrow fifty dollars?
J
OHN
: Could you go back to your own room now, Tom? I have to study. T
OM
: (no answer) J
OHN
: Put another way, get out of here! T
OM
: Okay, okay. Don't get your bowels in an uproar!

to the best of my knowledge
Go to (as) far as I know.

Too bad
.
Go to (That's) too bad.

too good to be true
almost unbelievable; so good as to be unbelievable.
The news was too good to be true
.
When I finally got a big raise, it was too good to be true.

too little, too late
not enough of something, delivered or performed too late. (See also a day late and a dollar short.)
A
NDY
: Your help with the picnic was appreciated, but it was too little, too late. By the time we got there, it was raining. H
ELEN
: Sorry
.
It was a great speech, but the damage had already been done. It was just too little, too late.

too much, too soon
too much of something, such as power, wealth, or responsibility, too soon.
He really wasn't ready to lead the entire squad. He's clever, but it's too much, too soon
.
D
AN
: Should we promote him now or later? I
DA
: Later, I think. Promotion would be too much, too soon.