Significato: academic hours

ore accademiche

hours Idioma

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.

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

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.

small hours of the night

Idiom(s): small hours (of the night) AND wee hours (of the night)

Theme: TIME

the hours immediately after midnight.
• The dance went on into the small hours of the night.
• Jim goes to bed in the wee hours and gets up at lunchtime.

keep late hours

Idiom(s): keep late hours

Theme: LATENESS

to stay up or stay out until very late.
• I'm always tired because I keep late hours.
• If I didn't keep late hours, I wouldn't sleep so late in the morning.

for hours on end

Idiom(s): for hours on end

Theme: TIME - DURATION

for many hours.
• We sat and waited for the doctor for hours on end.
• We listened to the speaker for hours on end.

all hours of the day and night

Idiom(s): all hours (of the day and night)

Theme: TIME

very late in the night or very early in the morning.
• Why do you always stay out until all hours of the day and night?
• I like to stay out till all hours.

after hours

Idiom(s): after hours

Theme: TIME

after the regular closing time; after any normal or regular time, such as one's bedtime.
• John was arrested in a bar after hours.
• The soldier was caught sneaking into the barracks after hours.
• John got a job sweeping floors in the bank after hours.

wee hours of the night

Open all hours

If a shop or suchlike is open all hours, it only closes, if at all, terribly late.

work all the hours that God sends

work as much as possible: "She works all the hours that God sends to support her family."

after hours|after|hours

adv. or adj. phr. Not during the regular, correct, or usual time; going on or open after the usual hours. The store was cleaned and swept out after hours. The children had a secret after hours party when they were supposed to be in bed.

all hours|all|hour|hours

n. phr., informal Late or irregular times. The boy's mother said he must stop coming home for meals at all hours. He stayed up till all hours of the night to finish his school work.

at all hours|all hours|hour

adv. phr. Any time; all the time; at almost any time. The baby cried so much that we were up at all hours trying to calm her down.

for hours on end|for|hour|hours

adv. phr. For many hours; for a very long time. We have been trying to get this computer going for hours on end, but we need serious professional help.

keep late hours|hours|keep|late hours

v. phr. To go to bed late; habitually stay up (and work) late. "If you always keep such late hours, your health might suffer," Tom's doctor said.

until all hours|all hours|until

adv. phr. Until very late at night. He is so anxious to pass his exams with flying colors that he stays up studying until all hours.

wee hours|hour|hours|wee

The crack of dawn, or just before it, usually between 1 A.M. and 4 A.M. or 2 A.M. and 5 A.M. He stayed up all night when they were expecting their first child; finally, a boy was born in the wee hours of the morning.
Compare: SMALL HOURS.

all hours

all hours
Irregular times, as in You can't come home at all hours and expect your supper to be ready. The expression can also mean “late at night,” as in College students like to stay up talking until all hours. It is sometimes amplified into all hours of the day and night. [c. 1930]

small hours

small hours
Also, wee hours. The hours following midnight, as in I stayed up working through the small hours, or The parents didn't come home until the wee hours. The adjectives small and wee both refer to the low numbers of those hours (one o'clock, two o'clock, etc.). [c. 1830]

till all hours

till all hours
see all hours.

wee hours

wee hours
see small hours.