B2idiomtime
no time like the present
USUK
now is the best moment to do something
Usually 'There's no time like the present'. People say it to push someone to start now.
In context
If you want to learn guitar, there is no time like the present.
There is no time like the present, so let us clean the flat before Tet.
More idioms about time
- a blast from the pastsomething or someone that suddenly reminds you of an earlier time
- a long time comingif something is a long time coming, people have waited a long time for it
- a matter of timecertain to happen, although you do not know exactly when
- a race against timea situation where you must hurry to finish before time runs out
- a sign of the timessomething that shows how society is now, often in a bad way