improve the shining hour Idiom, Proverb

at the eleventh hour

" at the last minute; almost too late. "

banker's hours

short work hours My sister's husband owns his own company and is able to work banker's hours with his large staff.

happy hour

an hour (or hours) when bar drinks are cheaper Adam has invited me to the lounge for happy hour.

rush hour

the hour of heavy traffic, bumper to bumper During rush hour, many drivers become impatient and angry.

keep bad hours

be habitually late in returning home or in retiring to rest 晚睡晚起；晚归晚睡；生活无规律
He keeps bad hours．He is rarely home until past midnight．他生活无规律，常常在午夜后才回家睡觉。

keep early hours

be habitually early in returning home or in retiring to rest 经常早回家或早睡觉；早睡早起
School boys should keep good hours．上学的孩子要早睡。
Those who keep early hours are generally healthy．早睡早起的人身体好。

keep good/early hours

keep good hours

zero hour

1．the exact time when an attack or other military action is supposed to start 发动攻击的时间；采取军事行动的时间
The company was told that their zero hour was 3 a．m．连队奉命于凌晨3点开始行动。
2．the time when an important decision or change is supposed to come；the time for a dangerous action 做出重要决定或重要变动的时间；关键时刻；危急关头
It was zero hour and the doctor began the operation on the patient．那是个关键的时刻，医生开始为那个病人动手术了。

until all hours

Idiom(s): until all hours

Theme: LATENESS

until very late.
• Mary is out until all hours, night after night.
• If I'm up until all hours two nights in a row, I’m just exhausted.

improve the animated hour

old-fashioned To aerate one's productivity; to accomplish the best of one's time. This angle that accouchement should at all times strive to advance the animated hour—foregoing comedy and blow in the name of apprenticeship and work—means abounding accouchement are actuality beggared of adolescence itself.Learn more: hour, improve, shine

improve the animated hour

accomplish acceptable use of time; accomplish the best of your time. literary This announcement comes from Isaac Watts's Divine Songs for Children ( 1715 ): ‘How doth the little active bee Advance anniversary animated hour’.Learn more: hour, improve, shine

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