a matter of hours

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   only a few hours, minutes, etc.

   Video of a shooting of a Miami detective has surfaced online, going viral in a matter of hours.

   If the other banks stop trusting them, if they pull back on interbank lending, it's over in a matter of hours.

In the movies · 2

• Video of a shooting of a Miami detective has surfaced online, going viral in a matter of hours.Bad Boys for Life2020
• If the other banks stop trusting them, if they pull back on interbank lending, it's over in a matter of hours.Too Big to Fail2011
• We'd be here no matter what the hour.Mary Poppins Returns2018
• - What's the matter, hours too long? - No, sir.The Lady from Shanghai1947

From the same entry

• as a matter of fact
• be another different matter
• for that matter
• it's just a matter of time
• a matter of course
• a matter of life and death
• a matter of record
• no matter
• no matter who, what, where
• the fact is
• be no laughing matter

More idioms

• be glued to
• be struck by
• first off
• fly out the window
• have in mind
• if all else fails
• not hear the end of it
• so much for
• stand a chance
• clean up your act
• i give you that
• live in the past