time flies

English

time flies

Etymology

Calque of Latin tempus fugit.

Pronunciation

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Phrase

time flies

1. (idiomatic) Time passes quickly.

   Synonym: tempus fugit

   Time flies when you're having fun.

Derived terms

• time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana

Translations

time seems to pass quickly

• Arabic: الْوَقْتُ يَمْضِي m (al-waqtu yamḍī)
• Basque: denbora azkar doa
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 䁪吓眼 (zaam² haa⁵ ngaan⁵)

  Mandarin: 光陰似箭 / 光阴似箭 (zh) (guāngyīnsìjiàn), 時光飛逝 / 时光飞逝 (shíguāngfēishì), 時日如飛 / 时日如飞 (shírìrúfēi), 光陰荏苒 / 光阴荏苒 (guāngyīnrénrǎn), 轉眼間 / 转眼间 (zh) (zhuányǎnjiān)

• Danish: tiden flyver
• Dutch: de tijd vliegt
• Esperanto: tempo flugas
• Faroese: tíðin flýgur
• Finnish: aika rientää
• French: le temps passe vite
• German: die Zeit vergeht wie im Flug f
• Greek: ο χρόνος φεύγει (o chrónos févgei)
• Hindi: समय गुज़र जाता है (samay guzar jātā hai)
• Hungarian: repül az idő, szalad az idő, rohan az idő
• Icelandic: tíminn flýgur m
• Italian: il tempo fugge
• Japanese: 光陰矢の如し (ja) (こういんやのごとし, kōin ya no gotoshi)
• Korean: 광음사전(光陰似箭) (gwang'eumsajeon), 시광유사전(時光流似箭) (sigwang'yusajeon)
• Latin: tempus fugit m
• Persian: زمان زود می گذرد
• Polish: czas leci
• Portuguese: o tempo voa
• Romanian: timpul fuge
• Russian: вре́мя лети́т (vrémja letít)
• Spanish: el tiempo vuela
• Swedish: timmen flyger, tiden flyger
• Tagalog: mabilis ang panahon (literally “time is fast”)
• Tamil: காலம் கடந்து போகும் (kālam kaṭantu pōkum)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: час летить (čas letytʹ), час минає (čas mynaje), час біжить (čas bižytʹ)
• Vietnamese: thời gian qua mau

See also

• the clock is ticking
• where are the snows of yesteryear

Anagrams

• life-times, lifetimes