to work all the time; all day and all night
Your friend asks you to hang out.I don’t have time these days. My boss has me working around the clock to finish this video. 最近我没时间。我老板让我没日没夜的工作把这个视频做完。to work as quickly as one can because there isn’t much time.You help your friend at her wedding.The wedding starts in an hour. We’re all working against the clock to make sure everything is ready. 婚礼还有一小时就开始了。我们都在跟时间赛跑,确保一切都就绪了to finish something before the deadline / time is up.You make it just in time.The buses were running late so I had to run here from 10 blocks away. I can’t believe I beat the clock. 公交车晚了,所以我不得不跑了10个街区。真不敢相信我居然按时赶到了。Run out the clock (sports)比赛快结束的时候在队内进行传球,来浪费时间,使对手无法得分。to keep the ball away from the opposing team at the end of the game so they cannot scoreYou update a friend on the game.Portugal’s up by one point and there’s 5 minutes left. They’re just passing it back and forth to run out the clock. 葡萄牙队一分领先,比赛还有五分钟结束。他们现在在不停的传球来浪费时间。to go back to an earlier time when things were betterYou talk about regrets with a classmate.I wish I could turn back the clock and change my major. I hate economics, but I only need 4 more credits to graduate. 我真希望时间能倒流,让我换个专业。我恨死经济学了,但我只需要再四个学分就可以毕业了。