Give out, upset after one wrestling match, noting it should have happened earlier? (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
about time
'noting it should have happened earlier?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'give out upset after one wrestling match' is the wordplay.
'give out' becomes 'emit' (synonyms).
'upset' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'one' becomes 'a' (a thing is one thing).
'wrestling match' becomes 'bout' (I've seen this before).
'emit' written backwards gives 'time'.
'a'+'bout'='about'
'time' put after 'about' is 'ABOUT TIME'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for about time that I've seen is " at last!".)
