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Phrases and idioms using the word ‘time’
Other phrases with the word ‘time’ include:
Having the time of my life – having an amazing time (‘Are you enjoying the concert?’ ‘Yes, I’m having the time of my life!’)
A race against time – a situation where you have to rush to finish something (‘It was a race against time to finish the essay before the deadline’)
To be / run out of time – to have no time left, when you have missed a deadline or come to the end of a time limitation (“I didn’t finish the exam – I ran out of time”), to be out of step with the musical rhythm (“He is a terrible dancer, he is always out of time”)
To be running out of time – to have little time left (“Hurry up, you’re running out of time”)
Take your time – don’t hurry (“Take your time – there’s no rush, there’re not expecting us until 9pm”)
Taking your own sweet time – taking a long time to do something (“He’s taking his own sweet time about it, isn’t he? The job should’ve been finished on Tuesday”) – usually said with annoyance about someone when they are taking too long to do something.
Behind the times – old-fashioned, not up-to-date (‘He can’t even use a computer, he’s really behind the times’)
To have time – Do you have enough time (to do something)? (“Have you got time to help me fix the car?” / “We could drop them off at my house first, if we’ve got time”)
In the nick of time – at the last moment, just before the deadline (‘I caught the train in the nick of time, seconds before it left the station’)
To stand the test of time – to continue successfully for a long time (This film is still relevant today – it has really stood the test of time’)
To have time on your hands – to have a lot of spare time, to have too much free time (‘He is always gossiping with his colleagues – he must have a lot of time on his hands’)
Jenis Motif Kain Tenun dari NTT
Kain Tenun Jara Nggaja Ende
Kain tenun dari Nusa Tenggara Timur yang satu ini punya motif utama yang berbentuk heewan kuda dan gajah. Dua motif hewan ini punya makna dan filosofi lho.
Motif kuda sendiri melambangkan kendaraan menuju ke alam baka, sedangkan motif gajah melambangkan kendaraan dewa pemberi keadilan dalam kepercayaan masyarakat di Ende.
Ada kepercayaan yang cukup mistis dibalik Kain Tenun Jara Nggaja Ende lho! Konon katanya, pemakaian kain tenun motif ini harus tepat dan benar. Kalau enggak, dipercaya akan membawa penggunanya menuju kematian. Hiii merinding yaa!
Kain Tenun Kelimara Nggela
Kain Tenun Kelimara Nggela melambangkan kehidupan masyarakat di Nggela, NTT yang begitu harmonis dan menyatu dengan alam, terlebih gunung. Hal ini juga sebagai perlambang rasa syukur kepada Tuhan Yang Maha Esa.
Motif Kelimara yang cantik lahir dari filosofi ini. Kain tenun Kelimara Nggela identik dengan motif segitiga serupa gunung yang menjulang ke atas. Umumnya berwarna coklat tua.
Kain Tenun Jarang Atibalang
Berikutnya ada kain tenun Jarang Atibalang. Kain tenun ini asalnya dari Maumere, Nusa Tenggara Timur. Tenun Jarang Atibalang ini kalau secara bahasa dapat diartikan, “jarang” yaitu kuda dan “atibalang” yakni manusia.
Sama seperti kain tenun Jara Nggaja di Ende, kain tenun Jarang Atibalang juga punya makna filosofis berupa kuda sebagai kendaraan manusia menuju ke alam berikutnya dalam kepercayaan masyarakat setempat.
Kain Tenun Lawo Butu
Motif yang satu ini dikabarkan udah hampir punah atau jarang sekali ditemui. Dapat dikatakan, kain tenun dengan motif Lawo Butu adalah kain tenun paling kompleks diantara kain tenun NTT lainnya!
Kain tenun Lawo Butu juga cukup unik lho! Kain tenun ini biasa dipakai menjelang upacara sakral untuk memanggil hujan. Motif-motif rumit dari kain tenun ini biasanya didominasi oleh motif kuda, sampan, gurita, dan masih banyak motif kompleks lainnya!
How to talk about the general time of day
We use the preposition ‘in’ for a general time of day. For example ‘in the morning’, ‘in the afternoon’ and ‘in the evening’.
If it is late, we normally say ‘at night’, for example ‘it’s ten o’clock at night’ to mean 10 pm. We also say ‘in the night’ to mean in the middle of the night in general.
We can add the phrase ‘in the morning’ to mean a time before noon. If the time is very early, for example before 6am, we can say ‘early morning’. If the time is in the middle of the night, for example 1 am until 3 am, we can say it is ‘in the early hours’.
- ‘At the crack of dawn’ means very early in the morning, just as daylight is breaking. (For example: “You’ll have to be up at the crack of dawn to get there in time for lunch”)
We say ‘in the afternoon’ for a time between noon and 6 pm, and ‘in the evening for a time after around 6 pm. The phrase ‘at night’ starts to be used later on, after around 9 pm. People might use the word ‘afternoon’ later in the summer because it stays light later.
Other general times would be ‘around 3pm’ or ‘around noon’. For example, someone might ask you: “What time are we meeting tonight?” You could reply: “Around 6pm” or “About half seven”
For general amounts of time, we can use various phrases that aren’t exact, often starting with ‘about’ or ‘around’. For example:
- ‘It will take about half an hour’ / ‘about 30 minutes’
- ‘I’ll meet you in about a quarter of an hour’ / ‘about 15 minutes’
- ‘We’ll be there in about an hour’
- ‘It should be about an hour and a half’ / ‘about 90 minutes’
- ‘It will only take a few minutes’
- ‘They will be ready in a couple of minutes’ (a couple means two, but people sometimes use ‘couple’ to mean slightly more when talking about time or quantity)
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