Timeline for What does the saying "any time now" really mean?
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| Oct 4, 2011 at 7:40 | comment | added | nohat | I don't think there is much point in trying to figure out how the meaning derives from the individual words in "any time now". It is just an idiom. | |
| Jul 5, 2011 at 20:27 | comment | added | Daniel | @Optimal: Good call! Check it out. | |
| Jul 5, 2011 at 20:16 | comment | added | Optimal Cynic | I wonder if you'd get similar results from "any day now"? | |
| Jul 5, 2011 at 19:54 | comment | added | Reid | Wow, look at that mountain in the data circa 1940! I wonder why it was such a popular phrase then. | |
| Jul 5, 2011 at 19:49 | comment | added | Optimal Cynic | @drm65: "The project should be finished any time now." In other words, "If you stop asking me about it I can sneak out and go home early." | |
| Jul 5, 2011 at 19:47 | comment | added | Daniel | @Optimal: Diversionary? Sounds interesting. Diverting what or whom? | |
| Jul 5, 2011 at 19:44 | comment | added | Optimal Cynic | Whereas most of the times I've used it were diversionary... | |
| Jul 5, 2011 at 19:43 | comment | added | Daniel | @Optimal: Maybe you were just applying your optimal cynicism :) | |
| Jul 5, 2011 at 19:37 | comment | added | Optimal Cynic | Most of the times I've heard it used were sarcastic. | |
| Jul 5, 2011 at 18:11 | comment | added | z7sg Ѫ | My +1 is a vigorous recommendation of any time over the other thing. | |
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| Jul 5, 2011 at 16:53 | history | answered | Daniel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |