my hour is not yet come
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
The time for action has not yet arrived ; properly, the hour of my death is not yet fully come. The allusion is to the belief that the hour of one's death is pre- ordained.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “my hour is not yet come” mean?
The time for action has not yet arrived ; properly, the hour of my death is not yet fully come. The allusion is to the belief that the hour of one's death is pre- ordained.
Is “my hour is not yet come” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.