English-German translations for around the clock

• rund um die Uhr
  Die Europäische Kommission hat rund um die Uhr gearbeitet, um am 10. Juni einen positiven Bericht vorlegen zu können. The European Commission worked around the clock to be able to issue a positive report on 10 June.
  Der globale Finanzmarkt ist buchstäblich rund um die Uhr aktiv, mit Millionen von Transaktionen, die Auswirkungen auf uns alle haben. The global financial market literally runs around the clock, with millions of transactions that affect us all.
  Erstens müssen wir erklären, warum Europa eine Arbeitszeitrichtlinie zu einem Zeitpunkt erläßt, zu dem unsere Mitbewerber rund um die Uhr arbeiten. First, saying why is Europe producing its working time directive at a time when our competitors are working around the clock.

Definition of around the clock

• All the time, or seemingly all the time; constantly

Examples

• They worked around the clock to finish the project on time.

Related words

• around the bend
• around the corner
• beat around the bush
• rough around the edges
• beating around the bush
• area around the station
• not to beat around the bush
• resort to beating around the bush
• without beating around the bush