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1、地道英语：表示时间100个英语习语（附例句）100EnglishIDIOMSFORTIMEwithExamplesBy NadiaIlyas Areyoulookingforsomethingtodoto killtime?Wellthereareplentyofidiomexampleshereforyoutolearn!Ifyoupractisethemregularly,soonyou’llbeabletousethemona dayto day basisandimproveyourEnglish!Iamatruebelieverthat
2、thereisnotimelikethepresent.Sostartlearningtoday!The“TimeIdioms”imagewascreatedbyKaplanInternational. Clickhere toseetheoriginalarticleortodiscoverhowyoucanstudyEnglishabroad.1.AROUNDTHECLOCKIfsomethingisopenaroundtheclock,itmeansitisopen24hoursaday.·Thehotel’sserviceisgreat,t
3、hereisalwayssomeoneavailabletohelpyou aroundtheclock.2.BEHINDTHETIMESUsedtodescribesomeonewhoisold-fashionedandhasideasthatareregardedasout-dated.·It’sashamehisparentsdon’tunderstanditfromhispointofview,they’rereally behindthetimes.3.AHEADOFTIMEIfsomethinghappensaheadoftime,it
4、happensearly,beforethesettime,orwithtimetospare.·Ifyoumakethecakes aheadoftime,thenyou’llbeabletofocusonthedecorationsmore.4.CALLITADAY/NIGHTTostopdoingsomethingforawhile,normallyatleastuntilthefollowingday.Thiscanalsobeusedasslangtosaysomethinghasbeenendedcompletely.·Rightguy
5、s,you’veworkedreallyhard.Ithinkit’stimeto callitanight,I’llseeyouallagaintomorrow.·Neitherofuswashappyintherelationship,sowedecidedto callitaday.5.AMONTHOFSUNDAYSThisisaverylongperiodoftime.·It’sbeena monthofSundays sinceIlastwenttothetheatre!6.DWELLONTHEPASTWhensomeonethinkst
6、oomuchaboutthepast,anditbecomesaproblem.·Iwishyou’dstop dwellingonthepast,she’snevergoingtocomeback.Youneedtomoveonwithyourlife!7.AGAINSTTHECLOCKDoingsomethingagainsttheclockmeansyouarerushedandhaveverylittletimetodoit.·Iworkeddayandnight againsttheclock togetthisdoneontime,an
7、dyou’rebeingsoungrateful!8.CALLTIMEWhenyoucalltimeonsomething,youdecideitistimetoendit.·Ithinkweshould calltime onthisproject.Itisdrainingourresources,exhaustingourmanpower,andisn’tmakinganyprogress.9.AFTERTHEWATERSHEDInsomecountries,thewatershedisthetimelimitafterwhich,moreTV
8、programmescanbeshownthatincludeadulthumour,badlanguage,orcont
