time is money

English

Proverb

time is money

1. Money is wasted (in lost wages, missed opportunities, etc.) when a person's time is not used productively; time is valuable and should not be wasted.
   • 1823, James Fenimore Cooper, The Pioneers, ch. 14:

     And what do you mean to do with your time this winter? You must remember that time is money.

   • 1919, Eleanor H. Porter, Dawn, ch. 31:

     His words and manner carried the crisp terseness of the busy man whose time is money.

Translations

time is money

• Arabic: الزمن يعني المال (ar) (al-záman yá`ni al-maal), الوقت هو المال (ar) (al-waqt húwa al-maal)
• Belarusian: час — грошы (be) (čas — hróšy), час — гэта грошы (be) (čas — héta hróšy)
• Bulgarian: времето е пари (bg) (vrémeto e pári)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 一寸光陰一寸金 (cmn), 一寸光阴一寸金 (cmn) (yīcùn guāngyīn yīcùn jīn), 時間就是金錢 (cmn), 时间就是金钱 (cmn) (shíjiān jiù shì jīnqián)

• Czech: čas jsou peníze (cs)
• Danish: tid er penge (da)
• Dutch: tijd is geld (nl) f
• Finnish: aika on rahaa (fi)
• French: le temps vaut argent (fr), le temps, c'est de l'argent (fr)
• German: Zeit ist Geld (de)
• Greek: ο χρόνος είναι χρήμα (el) (o chronos einai chrima)

• Hungarian: az idő pénz (hu)
• Indonesian: waktu adalah uang (id)
• Italian: il tempo è denaro (it)
• Japanese: 時は金なり (ja) (ときはかねなり, toki-wa kane nari)
• Korean: 시간은 돈이다 (ko) (sigan-eun don-ida)
• Malay: masa itu emas (ms)
• Norwegian: tid er penger (no)
• Persian: وقت طلاست (fa)
• Polish: czas to pieniądz (pl)
• Portuguese: tempo é dinheiro (pt)
• Russian: время — деньги (ru) (vrémja—dén’gi)
• Spanish: el tiempo es dinero (es)
• Swedish: tid är pengar (sv)
• Turkish: vakit nakittir (tr)
• Ukrainian: час — гроші (uk) (čas — hróši), час — це гроші (uk) (čas — ce hróši)
• Vietnamese: thời gian là tiền bạc (vi)