be only/just a matter of time

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be only/just a matter of time [idiom]

If it is (only) a matter of time until something happens, it is certain to happen but you do not know when it will happen

حتماً اتفاق می‌افتد اما کی معلوم نیست. این که اتفاق می‌افتد حتمی است اما کی معلوم نیست.

مثال: 

It's only a matter of time before they bring out their own version of the software.

این که آن‌ها نسخه نرم‌افزاری مخصوص خودشان را‌ آماده کنند حتمی است، اما کی معلوم نیست.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

It’s only/just a matter of timeused to say that something will definitely happen in the future It can only be a matter of time before someone is seriously injured.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

it's just a matter of time (before …)

it's just/only a matter of ˈtime (before…) idiom
used to say that sth will definitely happen, although you are not sure when

• It's only a matter of time before they bring out their own version of the software.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

be (only) a matter of time

C1 If it is (only) a matter of time until something happens, it is certain to happen but you do not know when it will happen:

It's only a matter of time before he's forced to resign.

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

phrase

If you say that something is just a matter of time, you mean that it is certain to happen at some time in the future.

It would be only a matter of time before he went through with it.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

used to say that one thing results from or requires another

  • Learning to ride a bicycle is a matter of practice.
  • His success was just a matter of being in the right place at the right time.
  • It's only a matter of time before/until we catch him.
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