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
Bratislav	-	Serbian
Chuy	-	Spanish
Ioanna	-	Greek, Biblical Greek
Wassa	-	Anglo-Saxon
Mayte	-	Spanish
Somboon	-	Thai