no time like the present, there's

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there's no time like the present

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Idioms and Phrases

Do or say it now, as in Go ahead and call him—there's no time like the present . This adage was first recorded in 1562. One compiler of proverbs, John Trusler, amplified it: “No time like the present, a thousand unforeseen circumstances may interrupt you at a future time” ( Proverbs Exemplified , 1790).