behind time

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

behind time

1. (idiomatic) Late, arriving late.

   We should leave now - I don't want to be too behind time.

   I'm running behind time. I should be home in half an hour or so.

Translations

arriving late

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遲到／迟到 (zh) (chídào), 來晚／来晚 (lái wǎn)

• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: myöhässä (fi)
• French: (colloquial) à la bourre (fr), en retard (fr)
• Portuguese: para trás
• Russian: не во́время (ru) (ne vóvremja), с опозда́нием (s opozdánijem)
• Spanish: atrasado (es)