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- time gentlemen please English [ edit] Interjection [ edit] time gentlemen please (UK, idiomatic) Called out to tell customers that it is closing time in a pub.
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time gentlemen please (UK, idiomatic) Called out to tell customers that it is closing time in a pub.
May 15, 2006 · Time Gentlemen Please A phrase called out at closing time in a pub. A bell usually rings ten or fifteen minutes before to alert people that the bar is closing so that they can order more drinks.
Sep 18, 2009 · When we’re ready to go home from work, we say it’s time to call it a day. When we’re ready to go to bed, we say it’s time to call it a night. When we’re having fun, time flies. When we’re sad or bored, time drags by. The following examples of “time” expressions are for our ESL readers.
- Maeve Maddox
Time Gentlemen Please is a British sitcom primarily written by Richard Herring and Al Murray and broadcast on Sky One from 2000 to 2002.
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word time gentlemen please.
Apr 4, 2006 · 'Time', in the sense of the end of prescribed opening hours in a public house, dates back only to about 1912 and the actual 'traditional' call of "Time, gentlemen, please!" is not recorded anywhere before 1932.
First they call last orders. That would give you 20 minutes to buy and finish a drink. Time being called literally means that the time is up and you have to leave. As licensing laws have slackened this isn't really much of a thing any more.
