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Randy D

The witching hour. A day of reckoning. The seven-year itch. In a New York minute. The last second. A month of Sundays.


  What are some other expressions or adages based on time periods, and just to make it interesting, would you please include any of them that you know in other languages* too? Thanks!

*If you don't mind, please provide the English translation of any foreign-language entries and their meanings. 
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Posted - September 1, 2018
Tag : The graveyard shift. The family hour. Monday-morning quarterback. Once in a blue moon. A split second.

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  • Blink of an eye.
    California Stop
    In a heartbeat.
    Once in a lifetime.
    Age of Aquarius
    Four score and seven years ago
    In dog years



    ( https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1536/whats-the-origin-of-coons-age/ )
      September 2, 2018 12:14 AM MDT
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  • 10026
    Back in the 1800s, the coon must have made a huge impression on people.  Even thought their reputation didn't prove to be a favorable one,  look at Meriwether Lewis.  He liked the fur so much he wore a coon hat during the Lewis and Clark Expedition.  :) :) This post was edited by Merlin at September 2, 2018 9:22 AM MDT
      September 2, 2018 12:34 AM MDT
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  • 10026
    Once upon a time
    Just wait a "cotton-pickin' minute!"
    It's that time of the month, again!
    Hang on a minute
    Make every second count
    You took forever and a year to get here
    Every second feels like a minute
    Lickety-split
    3-minute miracle
    I can do that in no time at all!




    This post was edited by Merlin at September 2, 2018 9:19 AM MDT
      September 2, 2018 1:07 AM MDT
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    Your days are numbered
    Here today, gone tomorrow
    The turn of the century
    Flavor of the month
    The eleventh hour
    Five o'clock shadow
    A day late and a dollar short
    Time flies when you're having fun
    Born yesterday
    Six ways to Sunday
      September 2, 2018 2:56 AM MDT
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  • 22907
    A second to spare
      September 2, 2018 4:37 AM MDT
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  • 16240
    As long as a wet weekend.
      September 2, 2018 5:29 AM MDT
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  • 52936

      Is that yet another one of those Australianisms?  I've never heard it before.
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      September 2, 2018 7:30 AM MDT
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  • 16240
    A Briticism, I believe - we inherited quite a few from them.
      September 2, 2018 11:41 PM MDT
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  • 44228
    Judgement day
    Day of reckoning
    Doomsday
      September 2, 2018 6:54 AM MDT
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  • 10026
    Element, I'm a little concerned.  Is death dwindling?  I feel like, "in seconds flat," you might be approaching the moment that "time stood still."  Please say it isn't so. :(  Love, concerned Merlin
      September 2, 2018 9:55 AM MDT
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  • 44228
    Nah...just answering the question. I'm good. Love you too.
      September 2, 2018 2:11 PM MDT
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  • 10026
    Phew!  I lived a lifetime for a second.  Thank goodness.  Really! :) :)
      September 2, 2018 6:32 PM MDT
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  • 10042
    Un petit moment (a little moment - French)
      September 2, 2018 8:54 AM MDT
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  • 18
      September 2, 2018 2:46 PM MDT
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  • 73
    The sun don't shine on the same dog's patootie every day. This post was edited by Spümcø at September 12, 2018 1:01 PM MDT
      September 2, 2018 2:58 PM MDT
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  • 52936

     (every day)

    Two separate words, not one. 
      September 2, 2018 4:07 PM MDT
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  • 73
    Its patootie has been kicked!
    This post was edited by Spümcø at September 12, 2018 1:09 PM MDT
      September 2, 2018 6:27 PM MDT
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  • (a$$ or a** or rear or behind)
      September 3, 2018 8:05 PM MDT
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  • 73

    Its patootie has been kicked, kind sir.

      September 12, 2018 12:28 PM MDT
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  • "Patootie" ... I like it!  Been a long time since I've heard that word. So long it seems that they've  added-on a new definition for the word.    patootie (plural patooties) (chiefly US, slang) The buttocks. (chiefly US, slang) An attractive girl; a girlfriend. 

    I wonder how a pretty girl or your girl friend would feel about being called a patootie?  :))
      September 12, 2018 1:09 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    not sure what they are
      September 7, 2018 1:35 PM MDT
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