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Urgency all hands and the cook A state of emergency which of necessity becomes everyone’s top priority. This early American cowboy expression described the precarious state of affairs in which the herds were wild and all available persons were needed to bring the situation under control. Under normal circumstances, cowboys tended herds and cooks fed the cowhands; however, an emergency required that everyone chip in, temporarily ignoring differences of rank or task. D-day See TIME. sands are running out Time is passing; the remaining time is getting short; life is waning. The allusion is to the sands of an hourglass which have long been a symbol of the time allotted for an individual’s life. I saw, my time, how it did run, as sand out of the glass. (Lord Henry Haward, Tottel’s Miscellany, 1557) when push comes to shove See EXACERBATION. when the chips are down When the situation is crucial or urgent; when action must be taken; in the clutch. This expression appears to derive from poker; the chips are “down” when they are “in,” i.e., when everyone has anted up and must play his hand. zero hour See TIME. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
urgency noun importance, need, necessity, gravity, pressure, hurry, seriousness, extremity, exigency, imperativeness It is a matter of utmost urgency. Translations urgency [ˈɜːdʒənsɪ] N urgency [ˈɜːrdʒənsi] n urgency n → Dringlichkeit f; (of tone of voice, pleas also) → Eindringlichkeit f; it’s a matter of urgency → das ist dringend; to treat something as a matter of urgency → etw als dringend behandeln; there’s no urgency → es eilt nicht, das hat keine Eile; there was a note of urgency in his voice → es klang sehr dringend; the urgency of our needs → die dringende Notwendigkeit; his statement lacked urgency → seinen Worten fehlte der Nachdruck; the urgency of his step → seine eiligen Schritte; the sense of urgency in the music → das Drängen in der Musik urgency [ˈɜːdʒ/ənsɪ] n (of case, need) → urgenza; (of tone of voice, pleas) → insistenza it is a matter of urgency → è una questione della massima urgenza How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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