עניין של זמן

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Hebrew

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Noun

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עניין של זמן / עִנְיָן שֶׁל זְמַן (inyán shel z'mán?

  1. A matter of time, only a matter of time.
    • 2010 July 11, Nakhum (נחום; first name only), quoted by Yoav Zitun (יואב זיתון), ‎ “הקשיש סימן לנהג המשאית, אבל נמחץ למוות” (hakashísh simén l'nahág-hamas'ít, avál nimkháts l'mávet, “The elderly man gestured to the truck driver, but was crushed to death”), in Ynet:
      זה היה עניין של זמן עד שמישהו ייפגע.
      ze hayá inyán shel z'mán ad shemíshehu yipagá.
      It was only a matter of time until someone was going to get hurt.