no time like the present
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
Clipping of there's no time like the present.
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
There's no time like the present for beautiful skin.
There being no time like the present, Fabia opened her mouth to begin and heard Ven enquire, ‘ So you think Mariánské Láznë an enchanting place.’
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “no time like the present” mean?
Clipping of there's no time like the present.
Is “no time like the present” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.