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idiomhourthe eleventh hourthe last possible time you can do something before it is too late:New evidence proving Evans was innocent was uncovered at the eleventh hour.Right up to the eleventh hour, Taylor was insisting that she would not let her son sign a contract with the Yankees.eleventh-hour: Crews were supposed to start filming last week, until Dreyfuss did an eleventh-hour back-out.sb's finest hourthe most important time in someone's life, when they do something good and other people admire them:Austin's finest hour came in the World Championships, when he won two silver medals.I have to admit that my first visit with the Bishop was not my finest hour. I choked on my wine and had to leave the room. sb's hour of needthe time when someone or something needs help, often used humorously when the situation is not too serious:Munro's courage and contribution to this organization during its hour of need must be emphasized.You can't leave me now in my hour of need. Who's going to make dinner if you go?
See:- (a) quarter of (a given hour in time)
- (one's) finest hour
- (the) man/woman of the hour
- a (unit of time) or two
- a bad quarter of an hour
- a committee is a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours
- after hours
- all hours
- all hours (of the day and night)
- amateur hour
- at all hours
- at all hours (of the day and night)
- at an unearthly hour
- at an unearthly/ungodly hour
- at an ungodly hour
- at the bottom of the hour
- at the eleventh hour
- at the top of the hour
- banker’s hours
- banker's hours
- bankers' hours
- by the day
- by the hour
- darkest hour is just before the dawn
- eleventh hour
- eleventh hour, at the
- eleventh-hour decision
- for hours on end
- happy hour
- improve the shining hour
- in (one's) hour of need
- in the space of (an amount of time)
- in the space of a minute, an hour, a morning, etc.
- in your hour of need
- keep (some kind of) hours
- keep banker's hours
- keep late hours
- keep... hours
- kill (an amount of time)
- kill time
- kill time, a couple of hours, etc.
- long hours
- on the hour
- on the hour/half-hour
- one hour's sleep before midnight is worth two after
- put (some time) in on (something)
- put in (some time) on (something)
- put off the evil day
- put off the evil hour
- quarter past (a given hour in time)
- rush hour
- seize the hour/day
- small hours
- spend (some amount of time) in (some place)
- stay up until (some hour)
- the bottom of the hour
- the darkest hour is just before the dawn
- the early hours (of the night/morning)
- the eleventh hour
- the evil hour/day/moment
- the evil moment/hour/day
- the small hours
- the small hours (of the night/morning)
- the small/early hours
- the top of the hour
- the wee hours (of the night/morning)
- the wee small hours (of the night/morning)
- the witching hour
- There aren't enough hours in the day
- till all hours
- till all hours (of the day and night)
- till/until all hours
- until all hours
- until all hours (of the day and night)
- wee hours
- witching hour
- work all the hours God sends
- your finest hour
- zero hour
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