It's time .. ?
1- It's 10 and he is still in bed. It's time he got up.
Does this mean he is still asleep and it's time for him to get up?
The same thing goes with :
2-It's time the children were in bed. It's long after their bedtime
Does it mean it's time for them to be in bed?
It's about time ..
3-He is a great talker but it's about time he did something instead of just talking.
Is it the same as "It's about time for him to do something instead of just talking"
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Answers · 4
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1- It is "late" to be in bed. He should have left the bed by this time.
2- Again, Children should be in bed earlier.
3- He should start to apply what he used to say
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It's time = the time is now. => It's time to go.
still in bed = it should have happened before now
long after = it should have happened before now
it's about time = the time for action has come or is past due (depends on context)
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1 - Either he's asleep or he's lying in bed and doing something there (reading? relaxing? playing video games? something else?). No matter what he's doing, it is very late in the morning and the speaker thinks he needs to do something else.
2 - yes
3 - mostly. The first sentence emphasizes that he spends a lot of time talking about his plans.
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1. Not quite. It means he should have already gotten up.
2. Same here. They should have gone to bed already.
3. Again, same logic. He should have done something instead of just talking for some time now.
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