Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a note 10 months ago

По-моему, это основное значение, = time is running out, надо торопиться

⦿ THE CLOCK IS TICKING is used in general when you risk being late or not completing something in a timely manner. If you’re running late for a movie, your husband might say this to you while you dress to urge you to hurry up. ALSO, this phrase is very common when urging a woman to have children because if she waits too long, she’ll be too old. In this context, we also say YOUR BIOLOGICAL CLOCK is ticking.

⦿ TIME IS RUNNING OUT is only used when you’ve been allotted a certain amount of time in which to complete a certain task and that time is almost up — like answering on a game show or when you only have a certain amount of time to take advantage of a promotion to buy something at a good price. But if you’re running late for a movie, your husband won’t say “Let’s go. Time is running out.”

⦿ CHOP CHOP! is commonly used to get people to start doing something or do it faster: [in an office] “Come on, people, chop chop! We have to finish this project by 5!”

⦿ WE/I DON’T HAVE ALL DAY!

⦿ GET THE LEAD OUT! meaning figuratively that someone has lead ([lɛːd] свинец) in their butt and it’s slowing them down.

⦿ GET A MOVE ON! meaning to move a little fast because we’re running out of time.

Шесть вариантов с подробным объяснением!🔥🙏
So if a schoolboy and I have one hour to do his homework (until four p.m.); it’s three o’clock now, so the countdown is on, can I use any of these?
The clock is ticking.
Chop Chop!

In that case, you can use all of them because you have a set amount of time and it’s running out.

⦿ LET’S PUT THE PEDAL TO THE METAL — it’s almost four! This is in reference to pushing the accelerator pedal in your car all the way down to the metal floor.

Uly, я так рада, что задала этот вопрос!! Это уже седьмой вариант, а значит, ты превзошёл сам себя🤩💪
Спасибо тебе огромное🙏

Всегда пожалуйста, Таня!

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