Meaning of timing is everything | Babel Free

Definitions

Consideration of other events can greatly influence some desired outcome (such as whether a joke is well received).

Examples

“- Telling the old joke about a butt-crack was not a good idea, just as the plumber arrived, Bob. - You know⟳ what they say⟳: "timing is everything." I'm sure we can find⟳ another plumber before the house floods.”

““Timing Is Everything”. It certainly has been true in my life and chances are it's probably played a role in your life as well. As I look⟳ back there were moments where I missed out on something special because I either made the wrong ...”

“So when I'd hear⟳ people tell⟳ me – in many contexts – that timing is everything, I'd naturally feel⟳ uncomfortably constrained. Choked sometimes. Because I knew that I personally possessed virtually no sense⟳ of timing in the clock sense⟳ of time.”

“... partnership in the new forest policy was one ingredient; but it was the pressing demands on government forestry from an increasingly vocal civil society – that brought a hesitant. Forestry tactics 9 Why now? Why this way? Timing is everything.”

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