May 25, 2010

Time and materials


I wonder how many expressions there are with time? Hackneyed ones like "time is money" or "time flies," but also "love's not time's fool" and "time, the real murderer." Time is the only nonrenewable resource we have. We speak of saving time, spending time, wasting time, making time for something, managing our time well or badly. Spending quality time with our lovers and families. When the plumber comes to fix the leaky pipe, we're charged for time and materials. Time is attached to the words for the seasons, except autumn; wintertime, springtime, summertime, "when the livin' is easy." Everyone has a personal sense of time. For some it passes very quickly, for others the minutes seem endless. What about you? Is "time on your side?"

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