time and again

English

Adverb

time and again (not comparable)

1. Often; repeatedly.
   • 1959 November, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The British Railways Clas "9" 2-10-0s: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 556:

     For successful and efficient operation, mechanical stokers must be fed with suitable coal. This has been proved time and again in all countries where stoker-fired engines are used.

   • 2011 September 13, Sam Lyon, “Borussia Dortmund 1 - 1 Arsenal”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     Mario Gotze was inventive, Lewandowski a menace, and Shinji Kagawa a constant source of energy as, time and again, the hosts played through a porous Arsenal midfield.

Synonyms

• time and time again, time after time, again and again, over and over, over and over again; see also Thesaurus:repeatedly

Translations

often; repeatedly

• Arabic: مِرَارًا وَتِكْرَارًا (mirāran wa-tikrāran)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反反復復／反反复复 (zh) (fǎnfǎnfùfù), 一次又一次 (yīcì yòu yīcì)

• Danish: gang på gang, igen og igen
• Dutch: keer op keer
• Estonian: ikka ja jälle, korduvalt
• Finnish: kerta toisensa jälkeen, toistuvasti (fi)
• French: à maintes reprises (fr), maintes fois (fr), à de nombreuses reprises
• German: immer wieder (de)
• Hindi: बार बार (bār bār)
• Persian: چندین و چندبار (čandin o čand-bâr)
• Portuguese: repetidas vezes, uma vez atrás da outra, uma e outra vez
• Russian: то и де́ло (ru) (to i délo), неоднокра́тно (ru) (neodnokrátno)
• Scottish Gaelic: uair is uair
• Spanish: una y otra vez, repetidas veces, una vez tras otra
• Swedish: gång på gång (sv), gång efter annan
• Turkish: defalarca (tr), tekrar tekrar (tr)
• Urdu: بار بار (bār-bār), بارہا (bārhā), گھڑی گھڑی (ghaṛī-ghaṛī)