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time is money
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time is valuable, so you should not waste it
A saying used in business to push people to work fast. In exams, explain your reason instead of quoting it.
In context
Let's start the meeting now; time is money.
For delivery drivers, time is money, so they rarely stop for long.
More idioms about business
- a win-win situationa situation in which everyone involved gets an advantage
- in the redlosing money or owing money, because you spend more than you earn
- make a killingto make a lot of money quickly and easily
- move the goalpoststo unfairly change the rules or targets while someone is trying to meet them
- the bottom linethe most important fact or point in a situation