it's about time

English

(idiomatic, sarcastic) Used to express impatience at the eventual occurrence of something that the speaker or writer considered to be long overdue.
So Johnny has finally learned the alphabet - it's about time too, he's 6!

expression of impatience

Chinese:
Mandarin: 是時候／是时候 (shì shíhou)
Dutch: het werd tijd, dat werd tijd, eindelijk (nl)
Esperanto: jam temp' está
Finnish: on korkea aika, lopultakin, vihdoinkin, jo oli aikakin
French: c’est pas trop tôt (fr), ce n’est pas trop tôt (fr), bon débarras (fr), j’ai failli attendre (fr), il était temps (fr)
German: Das wird auch langsam Zeit! (idiom)
Icelandic: mikið var!, það var mikið!, það er mál til komið!, mál til komið!
Italian: era ora!
Latvian: beidzot!, sen jau bija laiks!
Portuguese: já era hora, já era tempo
Russian: наконец-то! (nakon'éc-to)
Slovak: no konečne!, je na čase!
Spanish: ya va siendo hora
Swedish: det är/var på tiden (sv)

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