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time is tickingno rush
No urgency here
take your time · time stands still · no hurry · frozen in time · no pressure
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Related — countdown (Backward enumeration to zero); deadline (Time limit for completion); urgency (Pressing need for action); clock · seconds · minutes · hourglass · pressure · running out · hurry · rush · bomb · fuse
TEMPORAL PRESSUREtime is ticking ≠ no rush No urgency here; take your time · time stands still · no hurry · frozen in time · no pressure
emotional statetime is ticking ≠ at ease Relaxed, not tense; calm · relaxed · unhurried · unworried · peaceful
time sayings: time flies, time is money, time heals all wounds, time will tell, carpe diem; pressure: air pressure, blood pressure rise, blood pressure drop, barometric pressure, apply pressure
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/time_is_ticking