time and tide wait for no man
- time and tide wait for no man
c 1390 CHAUCER Clerk’s Tale 1.118 For thogh we slepe or wake, or rome, or ryde, Ay fleeth the tyme; it nil no [will no] man abyde.
a 1520 Everyman (1961) 1.143 The Tyde abydeth no man.
1592 R. GREENE Disputation between He Cony-catcher & She Cony-catcher X. 241 Tyde nor time tarrieth no man.
1639 J. CLARKE Parœmiologia Anglo-Latina 233 Time and tide tary on no man.
1767 ‘A. BARTON’ Disappointment II. i. Let’s step into the state-room, and turn in: Time and tide waits for no one.
1822 SCOTT Nigel III. ii. Come, come, master, let us get afloat... Time and tide wait for no man.
2002 Washington Post 10 Mar. SC11 (Family Circus comic strip) Time and tide wait for no man. ‘And a school bus waits for no boy.’
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time and tide wait for no man — ► time and tide wait for no man proverb if you don t make use of a favourable opportunity, you may never get the same chance again. Main Entry: ↑time … English terms dictionary
time and tide wait for no man — This is used as a way of suggestion that people should act without delay … The small dictionary of idiomes
time and tide wait for no man — one person cannot stop the forces of time, one person cannot change events that are fated to continue … English contemporary dictionary
time and tide wait for no man — This is used as a way of suggestion that people should act without delay. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
time and tide wait for no man — proverb if you don t make use of a favorable opportunity, you may never get the same chance again … Useful english dictionary
for no man — See: TIME AND TIDE WAIT FOR NO MAN … Dictionary of American idioms
for no man — See: TIME AND TIDE WAIT FOR NO MAN … Dictionary of American idioms
time — ► NOUN 1) the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future, regarded as a whole. 2) a point of time as measured in hours and minutes past midnight or noon. 3) the favourable or appropriate moment to do… … English terms dictionary
tide — 01. The children got trapped on a small rock in the middle of the water when the [tide] came in while they were playing. 02. When the [tide] is out, we can walk further along the beach. 03. I like to explore the beach when the [tide] is low. 04.… … Grammatical examples in English
man — see man cannot live by bread alone whatever man has done, man may do a man is as old as he feels, and a woman as old as she looks man is the measure of all things man proposes, God disposes man’s extremity is … Proverbs new dictionary
