clock is ticking, the



clock is ticking, the

The time (for something to be done) is passing quickly; hurry up. For example, The clock is ticking on that project. This allusion to a stopwatch is often used as an admonition to speed something up. It also is used in more specific form- one's biological clock is ticking-meaning that a woman may soon be too old to bear a child, as in Her biological clock is ticking-she just turned forty.
See also: clock

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
George[dʒɔ:dʒ]
Bartholomei-Old Church Slavic
Ramon-Catalan
CasperKAHS-pər (Dutch)Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Eadburg-Anglo-Saxon
EmersonEM-ər-sənEnglish