All in good time.

All in good time.
something that you say to tell someone to be patient because the thing they are eager for will happen when the time is right.

'Can we open our presents now?' 'All in good time. Let's wait till Daddy comes.'


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  • all in good time — {adv. phr.} Some time soon, when the time is ripe for an event to take place. * / I want to get married, Dad, Mike said. All in good time, Son, answered his father./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • all in good time — {adv. phr.} Some time soon, when the time is ripe for an event to take place. * / I want to get married, Dad, Mike said. All in good time, Son, answered his father./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • All in Good Time — may refer to:* All in Good Time (play), a 1963 play by Bill Naughton * All in Good Time (John Kay album) * All in Good Time (Marcus Hummon album) * All in Good Time (Pure Prairie League album) …   Wikipedia

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  • Good Time (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Good Time Type = studio Artist = Alan Jackson Released = start date|2008|03|04 Recorded = Genre = Country Length = 71:11 Label = Arista Nashville Producer = Keith Stegall Reviews = *Allmusic – rating|4|5… …   Wikipedia

  • in good time — or[in good season] {adv. phr.} 1. A little early; sooner than necessary. * /The school bus arrived in good time./ * /The students finished their school work in good time./ * /We reached the station in good season to catch the 9:15 bus for New… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • in good time — or[in good season] {adv. phr.} 1. A little early; sooner than necessary. * /The school bus arrived in good time./ * /The students finished their school work in good time./ * /We reached the station in good season to catch the 9:15 bus for New… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • In good time — Good Good, a. [Compar. {Better}; superl. {Best}. These words, though used as the comparative and superlative of good, are from a different root.] [AS. G[=o]d, akin to D. goed, OS. g[=o]d, OHG. guot, G. gut, Icel. g[=o][eth]r, Sw. & Dan. god, Goth …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Nothin' but a Good Time — Single by Poison from the album Open Up and Say...Ahh! B side Livin For the Minute, Look But You Cant Touch Released 1988 …   Wikipedia

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