英语词汇“not before time”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	not before time
释义	not before time Used to convey that something now happening or about to happen should have happened earlier: a new law is proposed to curb this type of blatantly dishonest description, and not before time... ‘Well done Peter’, we all say, and not before time! And it is not before time that he is recognised and I am absolutely delighted for him. These new officers are not before time, but we still need more bobbies on the beat. See parent entry: time
随便看	you-all's you-alls you and whose army? you and yours you are welcome you bet you betcha you (can) bet your boots you (can) bet your bottom dollar you (can) catch more flies with honey than (with) vinegar you can lead (or take) a horse to water but you can't make him drink you can say that again! you can't get a quart into a pint pot you can't have your cake and eat it (too) you can't judge a book by its cover you can't keep a good man (or woman) down you can't lose you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear you can't make bricks without straw you can't (or can) talk (you shouldn't or should talk) you can't put an old head on young shoulders you can't teach an old dog new tricks you can't win them all (or win some, lose some) you could have fooled me! you could have knocked me (or her, him, etc.) down with a feather

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