no time like the present

no time like the present

1562 G. LEGH Accidence of Armoury 225v Mary [to be sure] sir no time better then euen now.

1696 M. MANLEY Lost Lover IV. i. No time like the present.

1888 M. OLIPHANT Second Son I. iv. ‘If you were a-passing this way, sir, some time in the morning—.’ ‘There’s no time like the present,’ answered Roger.

2000 ‘G. WILLIAMS’ Dr. Mortimer and Aldgate Mystery (2001) i. 7 ‘..I was thinking in terms of an immediate start.’ ‘Oh, capital!’ the doctor exclaimed... ‘No time like the present, hey?’


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