on\ the\ hour

on\ the\ hour
adv. phr.
Each time the hour has zero minutes and zero seconds.

The uptown bus goes past the school on the hour.

The woman must take her pill on the hour.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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