all hours Идиома
until all hours
Idiom(s): until all hoursTheme: LATENESS
until very late.
• Mary is out until all hours, night after night.
• If I'm up until all hours two nights in a row, I’m just exhausted.
small hours of the night
Idiom(s): small hours (of the night) AND wee hours (of the night)Theme: TIME
the hours immediately after midnight.
• The dance went on into the small hours of the night.
• Jim goes to bed in the wee hours and gets up at lunchtime.
all hours of the day and night
Idiom(s): all hours (of the day and night)Theme: TIME
very late in the night or very early in the morning.
• Why do you always stay out until all hours of the day and night?
• I like to stay out till all hours.
Open all hours
If a shop or suchlike is open all hours, it only closes, if at all, terribly late.all hours|all|hour|hours
n. phr., informal Late or irregular times. The boy's mother said he must stop coming home for meals at all hours. He stayed up till all hours of the night to finish his school work.at all hours|all hours|hour
adv. phr. Any time; all the time; at almost any time. The baby cried so much that we were up at all hours trying to calm her down.until all hours|all hours|until
adv. phr. Until very late at night. He is so anxious to pass his exams with flying colors that he stays up studying until all hours.all hours
all hoursIrregular times, as in You can't come home at all hours and expect your supper to be ready. The expression can also mean “late at night,” as in College students like to stay up talking until all hours. It is sometimes amplified into all hours of the day and night. [c. 1930]
small hours
small hoursAlso, wee hours. The hours following midnight, as in I stayed up working through the small hours, or The parents didn't come home until the wee hours. The adjectives small and wee both refer to the low numbers of those hours (one o'clock, two o'clock, etc.). [c. 1830]
till all hours
till all hourssee all hours.
all hours (of the day and night)
1. A actual backward hour of the night or actual aboriginal hour of the morning. You can't alarm her at all hours of the day and night—that's aloof rude. Johnny keeps demography the car and blockage out till all hours, and I aloof don't apperceive what to do anymore!2. All day and night. Is that pharmacy accessible all hours? I apperceive it's 2 AM, but I aloof got out of the ER and charge to ample a prescription.Learn more: all, and, hour*all hours (of the day and night)
Fig. actual backward in the night or actual aboriginal in the morning. (*Typically: until ~; till ~; at ~.) Why do you consistently break out until all hours of the day and night? I like to break out till all hours.Learn more: all, hourall hours
Irregular times, as in You can't appear home at all hours and apprehend your supper to be ready. The announcement can additionally beggarly "late at night," as in College acceptance like to break up talking until all hours. It is sometimes amplified into all hours of the day and night. [c. 1930] Learn more: all, hour
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