time hangs heavy

time hangs heavy

Time moves slowly. Time hangs heavy on all of us in those dull corporate meetings.
See also: hang, heavy, time
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

time hangs heavy

Also, time hangs heavy on one's hands. Time passes slowly, as in She adjusted quite well to the nursing home, except that she says time hangs heavy on her hands . This metaphoric term, first recorded in the late 1760s, likens the passage of time to a burdensome weight.
See also: hang, heavy, time
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

time hangs/lies ˈheavy (on your ˈhands)

time seems to pass very slowly because you are bored or have nothing to do: In prison, time hangs heavy.
See also: hang, heavy, lie, time
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • time hangs/lies heavy
  • heavy hash
  • at one time
  • heavy brigade
  • get heavy
  • heavy-duty
  • heavy
  • heavy soul
  • heavy joint
  • brigade
References in classic literature
"The time hangs heavy on our hands," thought the captain.
No Name
Time hangs heavy on hands always fingering second-hand mobiles, praying for a call from home or the time to make a call, to arrive.
Myfather sold all usyoung ones out hehad to get of Syria's war; The first Syrian refugees are being found homes in Birmingham, but they are people who are haunted by what is happening in their homeland, terrified for families left behind and scared about being identified if they speak out. Maureen Messent tells Omar's story
can't move And time hangs heavy as you sit in your room And wonder
Nocturne
For these warriors whose lives are sunk within the lumbering behemoth, time hangs heavy. Its passage is measured by sporadic conversation and by the intermittent rocking motions of their gargantuan host, as it traverses uneven terrain.
`Lebanon' paints shattering war portrait
Time hangs heavy on their manicured hands, so they besiege him with their female troubles.
Not what the doctor ordered; Spoilt old harridans aren't all that funny
2012 Alert: Police on estate TIME hangs heavy in the air above Machynlleth.
We'll never forget her but now we must try to move on callsfor presence Liverpool; October 1, 2013 DAILY POST WALES REMEMBERING APRIL: A YEAR ON POST SPORT FOCUS ON THE REDS DAILY POST October 1, 2013 FROM THE DAY SHE VANISHED 5-YEAR-OLD UNITED A COMMUNITY