Hurry up or we'll miss the bus! Time and tide wait for no man.
•Ellen: It's time to leave. Aren't you finished dressing yet? Fred: I can't decide which necktie looks best with this shirt. Ellen: Time and tide wait for no man, dear.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
time and tide wait for no man — ► time and tide wait for no man proverb if you don t make use of a favourable opportunity, you may never get the same chance again. Main Entry: ↑time … English terms dictionary
time and tide wait for no man — This is used as a way of suggestion that people should act without delay … The small dictionary of idiomes
time and tide wait for no man — c 1390 CHAUCER Clerk’s Tale 1.118 For thogh we slepe or wake, or rome, or ryde, Ay fleeth the tyme; it nil no [will no] man abyde. a 1520 Everyman (1961) 1.143 The Tyde abydeth no man. 1592 R. GREENE Disputation between He Cony catcher & She Cony … Proverbs new dictionary
time and tide wait for no man — one person cannot stop the forces of time, one person cannot change events that are fated to continue … English contemporary dictionary
time and tide wait for no man — This is used as a way of suggestion that people should act without delay. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
time and tide wait for no man — proverb if you don t make use of a favorable opportunity, you may never get the same chance again … Useful english dictionary
for no man — See: TIME AND TIDE WAIT FOR NO MAN … Dictionary of American idioms
for no man — See: TIME AND TIDE WAIT FOR NO MAN … Dictionary of American idioms
time — ► NOUN 1) the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future, regarded as a whole. 2) a point of time as measured in hours and minutes past midnight or noon. 3) the favourable or appropriate moment to do… … English terms dictionary
tide — 01. The children got trapped on a small rock in the middle of the water when the [tide] came in while they were playing. 02. When the [tide] is out, we can walk further along the beach. 03. I like to explore the beach when the [tide] is low. 04.… … Grammatical examples in English
man — see man cannot live by bread alone whatever man has done, man may do a man is as old as he feels, and a woman as old as she looks man is the measure of all things man proposes, God disposes man’s extremity is … Proverbs new dictionary
