at all hours

at all hours
Late into the night or early morning; when people ought to be sleeping.

Its hard to sleep with the neighbors playing the radio so loud and that dog barking at all hours.


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  • all hours — noun plural 1. : an hour or time that one likes or that suits one s convenience he comes home to lunch at all hours 2. : the very late hours of the night stay up till all hours * * * any time, esp. outside the time considered usual for something… …   Useful english dictionary

  • all hours — {n. phr.}, {informal} Late or irregular times. * /The boy s mother said he must stop coming home for meals at all hours./ * /He stayed up till all hours of the night to finish his school work./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • all hours — {n. phr.}, {informal} Late or irregular times. * /The boy s mother said he must stop coming home for meals at all hours./ * /He stayed up till all hours of the night to finish his school work./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • all\ hours — n. phr. informal Late or irregular times. The boy s mother said he must stop coming home for meals at all hours. He stayed up till all hours of the night to finish his school work …   Словарь американских идиом

  • all hours — noun plural Date: 1816 a very late time < stayed up until all hours > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Open All Hours — Series title card, 1976–1985. Format Comedy Created by Roy Clarke …   Wikipedia

  • until all hours — {adv. phr.} Until very late at night. * /He is so anxious to pass his exams with flying colors that he stays up studying until all hours./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • until all hours — {adv. phr.} Until very late at night. * /He is so anxious to pass his exams with flying colors that he stays up studying until all hours./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • open all hours — If a shop or suchlike is open all hours, it only closes, if at all, terribly late …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • at all hours — (of the day and night) at any time of the day or night. They keep calling me on the phone at all hours to ask questions I ve already answered …   New idioms dictionary

  • at all hours — (of the night) very late at night. How do you expect me to sleep when you re playing loud music at all hours? …   New idioms dictionary

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