all hours

Idioms  

1. Irregular times, as in You can't come home at all hours and expect your supper to be ready. The expression can also mean “late at night,” as in College students like to stay up talking until all hours. It is sometimes amplified into all hours of the day and night. [c. 1930]

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Example Sentences

Last of the Summer Wine and Open All Hours writer Roy Clarke is knighted, while actor and presenter Warwick Davis said of his OBE: "This is the best thing that's ever happened to me - and I've been in Star Wars."

From BBC

The guilt creeps into both children at all hours of the day.

From Los Angeles Times

New York Attorney General Letitia James accused UPS of failing to record all hours worked, requiring off-the-clock labor and manipulating timekeeping systems to reduce paid hours, following an investigation.

From The Wall Street Journal

The answer, he added, is "with a source like nuclear, that is not producing CO2, that is producing all hours of the year".

From BBC

He traveled to the bank’s outposts and events, and was known for sending personal emails to staff at all hours.

From The Wall Street Journal