high time
Long past due
High time means the moment when something should already have happened or been done—often implying it's overdue: It's high time we left, It's high time someone told her the truth.
The phrase carries mild urgency or impatience.
Almost always appears with "it's" and a following clause.
Past expected arrival
- finallyAt the end
- at lastAfter prolonged waiting
- about timeExpression of impatient relief
- now or neverFinal opportunity phrase
do or die · pressing · urgent · imperative · crucial · vital · essential · belated
Conveyed thought or feeling
- phraseWords forming partial meaning
- idiomFixed phrase, opaque meaning
- sayingShort, wise expression
- colloquialismCasual conversational expression
British English · informal speech · emphatic · exasperation · impatience · frustration · insistence · declaration
overdue
Past expected arrival
- finallyAt the end
- at lastAfter prolonged waiting
- about timeExpression of impatient relief
now or never · do or die · pressing · urgent · imperative · crucial · vital · essential · belated · delayed
expression
Conveyed thought or feeling
colloquialism · British English · informal speech · emphatic · exasperation · impatience · frustration · insistence · declaration · announcement
- time sayingstime flies, time is money, time heals all wounds, time will tell, carpe diem
high timepremature
Occurring before expected
too soon · ahead of time · early days · jumping the gun · not yet
high, height, highly, higher, highest, high point, high noon, high tide, high water