“sweet time”

The following 2 entries include the term sweet time.

in one's (own) sweet time

idiom

: as slowly as one wants even though other people want one to act more quickly

take one's (own) sweet time

idiom

: to do something as slowly as one wants even though other people want one to act more quickly


What did you just call me?

  • brown chihuahua sitting on the floor with squinting eyes looking at the camera
  • Before we went to her house, Hannah told us her aunt was a flibbertigibbet.
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