biological

Related to biological: biological clock, Biological anthropology, Biological factors, Biological psychology, Biological species concept

biological clock is ticking

Of a woman, there is a limited amount of time in which to be able to conceive a child. I've been very successful in my career and want to see it to its fullest, but I would also love to have kids, and I know my biological clock is ticking. For women who may want to have children, their biological clocks are always ticking—a concern that men never have to worry about.
See also: biological, clock, ticking
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

clock is ticking, the

The time (for something to be done) is passing quickly; hurry up. For example, The clock is ticking on that project. This allusion to a stopwatch is often used as an admonition to speed something up. It also is used in more specific form- one's biological clock is ticking-meaning that a woman may soon be too old to bear a child, as in Her biological clock is ticking-she just turned forty.
See also: clock
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
See also:
  • biological clock is ticking
  • fast lane/track, in/on the
  • fastlane
  • in the fast lane
  • not think of (doing something)
  • not think of something/of doing something
  • evaluate
  • evaluate (someone or something) as (something)
  • evaluate as
  • picture (one) (doing something)
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Etiology of depression in children
Despite this history, biological agents have not been instruments of choice for terrorism as explosives and guns account for more than 99% of all weapons used by terrorists (Global Center for Traumatology, 2003).
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Weapons of mass delusion: President Bush told the world that Saddam's alleged WMDs directly threatened the U.S. but the war is over and no arsenal has yet been found. (Cover Story: Iraq)
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