the time is ripe

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the time is ripe

if the time is ripe for something, it is a good time to do it or for it to happen (often + for ) British socialists were convinced that the time was ripe for fundamental social change. (often + to do sth) Many employers feel the time is ripe to give workforces a bigger share of the profits they have helped to create.

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During Saddam's dictatorship or US invasion, the Iraqi people remained committed to longstanding amity with the Iranian people and today the time is ripe for expansion of parliamentary cooperation between the two countries, he pointed out. Iran, Iraq Call for Expansion of Mutual, Regional Cooperation by FARS News Agency 194; So there you have it, even though the economy is still struggling, the time is ripe to purchase real estate in Portland. Portland Real Estate \| Finding Value in Your Home by michael russell / Transportation industry community But now they feel the time is ripe for them to exercise the gentleman's agreement they have with Atletico, allowing them to have first option on the player should he leave. Football: Robbo in Juno bid by The Mirror (London, England)			the sixty-four-thousand-dollar question The sky's the limit the slings and arrows the small hours the smart money the smoke the smoking gun The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak the spirit moves the staff of life the state of play the status quo the story of life the straight and narrow the straw that breaks the camel's back the strong, silent type the sun belt the swing of things the tail end of the tail wagging the dog the thin end of the wedge the thing is the thinking man's crumpet the third degree the three R's the time is ripe the tip of the iceberg the toast of the tools of the/ trade the top brass the top dog the top flight the top of the heap the top of the hour the top of the ladder the top of the tree the trouble with the twilight zone the upper crust the usual suspects The very idea! the villain of the piece The wages of sin is death the way things are the wheels are turning the whole ball of wax the whole bit the whole caboodle the whole enchilada the whole kaboodle the whole kit and caboodle			The Three Bears The three body problem The three estates The Three Graces The Three Graces The Three Graces The Three Ps The Three Ps The Three Ps The Three Ps the three R's The Three Royal Monkeys The three Rs The Three Stooges The Three Stooges In Color The Three Weeks The Tibetan Tea Company The Tichborne Claimant The Tiffany Cross The Tiffany Cross The Tiffany Network The Tiffany Network The Tigris The Tigris The Tigris River The Tigris River The Tile Guy The Timberland Company The Time Garden The Time in Between the time is ripe The time is up The Time Machine the time of life the time of life the time of life the time of life The Time of Silence The Time of Troubles The Time Warp The Time Warp The Timekeeper The Timeless Way of Building The Times The Times The Times The Times The Times (London) The Times Digital Archive The Times Literary Supplement The Times Network for Schools The Times newspaper The Times of India The Times of India The Times of London The Times Online The Timothy Generation The Tinewald The Tinewald The Tinkerer The Tiny Miracles Foundation

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