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    Default about time?

    Isn't it about time you got your hair cut?

    What does it mean?

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    Default Re: about time?

    Quote Originally Posted by atssarbia View Post
    Isn't it about time you got your hair cut?

    What does it mean?
    Hello,

    maybe it is an indirect question to say that this person needs to go where people cut the hair. (I am not teacher).

    Bye.

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    Default Re: about time?

    Quote Originally Posted by atssarbia View Post
    Isn't it about time you got your hair cut?

    What does it mean?
    To expand the comment: "Your hair is looking unkempt and shaggy. It must be some time since you last had it cut. It is about time to have it cut again"

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    Default Re: about time?

    ***Neither a teacher nor a native-speaker***

    It is about time:It is a idiom that means "You did the right thing, actually you should have done it by now."

    So your sentence means that you should have your hair cut (implying that you should have had it cut some time ago)

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    Default Re: about time?

    The short answer:
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    Your hair is too long.


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