Meanings
interjectionit's about time!
- idiomaticsarcasticUsed to express impatience at the eventual occurrence of something that the speaker or writer has deemed to be long overdue.
So Johnny has finally learned the alphabet - it's about time too, he's 6!
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 是時候 /是时候
- 是時候 /是时候 (shì shíhou)expression of impatience
Dutch het werd tijd, dat werd tijd
- het werd tijdexpression of impatience
- dat werd tijdexpression of impatience
- eindelijkexpression of impatience
Esperanto jam temp' está
- jam temp' estáexpression of impatience
Finnish on korkea aika, lopultakin
- on korkea aikaexpression of impatience
- lopultakinexpression of impatience
- vihdoinkinexpression of impatience
- jo oli aikakinexpression of impatience
French c'est pas trop tôt, ce n'est pas trop tôt
- c'est pas trop tôtexpression of impatience
- ce n'est pas trop tôtexpression of impatience
- bon débarrasexpression of impatience
- j'ai failli attendreexpression of impatience
- il était tempsexpression of impatience
German Das wird auch langsam Zeit!
- Das wird auch langsam Zeit!expression of impatience
Icelandic mikið var!, það var mikið!
- mikið var!expression of impatience
- það var mikið!expression of impatience
- það er mál til komið!expression of impatience
- mál til komið!expression of impatience
Italian era ora!
- era ora!expression of impatience
Latvian beidzot!, sen jau bija laiks!
- beidzot!expression of impatience
- sen jau bija laiks!expression of impatience
Polish najwyższy czas, najwyższa pora
- najwyższy czasexpression of impatience
- najwyższa poraexpression of impatience
Portuguese já era hora, já era tempo
- já era horaexpression of impatience
- já era tempoexpression of impatience
Russian наконец-то!
- наконец-то! (nakon'éc-to)expression of impatience
Slovak no konečne!, je na čase!
- no konečne!expression of impatience
- je na čase!expression of impatience
Spanish ya va siendo hora, ya era hora
- ya va siendo horaexpression of impatience
- ya era horaexpression of impatience
Swedish det är/var på tiden
- det är/var på tidenexpression of impatience
Cite this entry
APA
it's about time. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/it's%20about%20time
MLA
“it's about time.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/it's%20about%20time. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “it's about time,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/it's%20about%20time.
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