(it's) about time

this should have happened long ago.

It's about time that women's sports were treated the same as men's.

I think it's about time that our country invested in education.

Usage notes: often used to show someone is annoyed by a situation, as in the examples

Related vocabulary: it is high time, at long last

• do level best
• dollars-and-cents
• dollar signs in eyes
• dollar signs in someone's eyes
• dollars to donuts
• dollars to doughnuts
• Do me a favour!
• do me a favour
• domino effect
• do more harm than good
• done deal
• done dressed up like a dog's dinner
• done for
• done in
• done thing
• done up up like a dog's dinner
• Don Juan
• donkey's years
• donkey work
• don't ask
• don't ask me
• Don't ask me.
• Don't bet on it.
• don't bet on it
• Don't count chickens.