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we haven't got all day

idiom
Meaning

Used to hurry someone up.


Examples
SIMPLE

Please hurry up, we haven't got all day.

CONTEXTUAL

The bus leaves in five minutes, so please pack your bags because we haven't got all day.

COMPLEX

The manager tapped his watch impatiently, reminding the team that the deadline was approaching and we haven't got all day to finish the report.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    a cold day in July

    The time of occurrence of an event that will never happen.

  2. 02

    a day late and a dollar short

    Too late and too feeble to achieve the desired effect.

  3. 03

    a year and a day

    A long time.

  4. 04

    as the day is long

    Unceasingly; very; thoroughly; to a very high degree.

  5. 05

    bad hair day

    A day when things seem to be unmanageable or go wrong.

  6. 06

    banyan day

    In British naval tradition, a day of the week when galley kitchens served no meat on board ship.

  7. 07

    been there, done that, got the T-shirt

    Alternative form of been there, done that, bought the T-shirt.

  8. 08

    black day

    A day of great disaster, misfortune or unhappiness.

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