clock

beat the clock: seebeat.

clean someone's clock: seeclean.

round (or around) the clock all day and all night; ceaselessly.

1992Susan SontagThe Volcano Lover The mountain was…guarded round the clock by a ring of armed soldiers mounted on nervous horses.

turn back the clock return to the past or to a previous way of doing things.

watch the clock wait eagerly for the end of working hours.

☞ It is from this expression that the word clock-watcher has developed, referring to someone who is determined not to work more than their allotted hours.

词组	clock
释义	clock beat the clock: seebeat. clean someone's clock: seeclean. round (or around) the clock all day and all night; ceaselessly. 1992Susan SontagThe Volcano Lover The mountain was…guarded round the clock by a ring of armed soldiers mounted on nervous horses. turn back the clock return to the past or to a previous way of doing things. watch the clock wait eagerly for the end of working hours. ☞ It is from this expression that the word clock-watcher has developed, referring to someone who is determined not to work more than their allotted hours.
随便看	on suss on tap on tenterhooks on terms on that (or this) score on that score on the air on the back burner on the back burner on the back of on the back of an envelope on the back of an envelope on the back (or front) burner on the ball on the barrelhead on the blink on the block on the books on the bounce on the broo on the bubble on the bum on the button on the cards on the carpet