matter of time en · NOUN
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(idiomatic, uncountable) An inevitable result; something that is bound to happen.
DUKAT: I blame no one but myself. I was indiscreet. I compromised myself and have been punished accordingly. If someone under my command had behaved so outrageously, I would do the same thing to him. Besides, I assure you, this is only a temporary setback. Everything I have lost, I will regain. It's only a matter of time.
1996, “Return to Grace”, in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, season 4, episode 14 (Science Fiction), →OCLC:Dortmund continued to control proceedings, however, and it looked only a matter of time before they would break through.
2011 September 13, Sam Lyon, “Borussia Dortmund 1 - 1 Arsenal”, in BBC:In a matter of time it would slip from my mind / In and out of my life, you would slip from my mind / In a matter of time
2010, “Walk in the Park”, in Victoria Legrand (lyrics), Teen Dream, performed by Beach House:
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it questione di tempo (an inevitable result) · sv tidsfråga (an inevitable result) · el ζήτημα χρόνου (an inevitable result) · fi ajan kysymys (an inevitable result) · et aja küsimus (an inevitable result) · ru вопро́с вре́мени (an inevitable result) · de Frage der Zeit (an inevitable result) · nl kwestie van tijd (an inevitable result) · el θέμα χρόνου (an inevitable result) · af kwessie van tyd (an inevitable result) · ja 時間の問題 (an inevitable result) · tr an meselesi (an inevitable result) · fr question de temps (an inevitable result) · da spørgsmål om tid (an inevitable result) · pl kwestia czasu (an inevitable result) · es cuestión de tiempo (an inevitable result)