meter is running, the

Costs or other consequences are accumulating, as in We'd better come to a decision soon, for the meter is running. This metaphoric expression alludes to the fare mounting up on a taxi meter. [Late 1900s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Haimo	-	Ancient Germanic
Bride	-	Irish
Thaddaios	-	Biblical Greek
Hulda (1)	HUWL-dah (German)	Icelandic, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Norse Mythology
Anand	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Gujarati, Bengali
BÉNÉDicte	-	French