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Phrase [English]

Audio: En-au-time flies.ogg
Etymology: Calque of Latin tempus fugit. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|la|tempus fugit}} Calque of Latin tempus fugit Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} time flies
  1. (idiomatic) Time passes quickly. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: tempus fugit Related terms: the clock is ticking Translations (time seems to pass quickly): الْوَقْتُ يَمْضِي (al-waqtu yamḍī) [masculine] (Arabic), denbora azkar doa (Basque), 䁪吓眼 (zaam² haa⁵ ngaan⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 光陰似箭 (Chinese Mandarin), 光阴似箭 (guāngyīnsìjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 時光飛逝 (Chinese Mandarin), 时光飞逝 (shíguāngfēishì) (Chinese Mandarin), 時日如飛 (Chinese Mandarin), 时日如飞 (shírìrúfēi) (Chinese Mandarin), 光陰荏苒 (Chinese Mandarin), 光阴荏苒 (guāngyīnrénrǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 轉眼間 (Chinese Mandarin), 转眼间 (zhuányǎnjiān) (Chinese Mandarin), tiden flyver (Danish), de tijd vliegt (Dutch), tempo flugas (Esperanto), tíðin flýgur (Faroese), aika rientää (Finnish), le temps passe vite (French), die Zeit vergeht wie im Flug [feminine] (German), ο χρόνος φεύγει (o chrónos févgei) (Greek), समय गुज़र जाता है (samay guzar jātā hai) (Hindi), repül az idő (Hungarian), tíminn flýgur [masculine] (Icelandic), il tempo fugge (Italian), 光陰矢の如し (kōin ya no gotoshi) (alt: こういんやのごとし) (Japanese), 광음사전 (gwang'eumsajeon) (alt: 光陰似箭) (Korean), 시광유사전 (sigwang'yusajeon) (alt: 時光流似箭) (Korean), tempus fugit [masculine] (Latin), زمان زود می گذرد (Persian), czas leci (Polish), o tempo voa (Portuguese), timpul fuge (Romanian), вре́мя лети́т (vrémja letít) (Russian), el tiempo vuela (Spanish), timmen flyger (Swedish), tiden flyger (Swedish), mabilis ang panahon (Tagalog), thời gian qua mau (Vietnamese)
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      "sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tíminn flýgur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
      "word": "il tempo fugge"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こういんやのごとし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōin ya no gotoshi",
      "sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
      "word": "光陰矢の如し"
    },
    {
      "alt": "光陰似箭",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gwang'eumsajeon",
      "sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
      "word": "광음사전"
    },
    {
      "alt": "時光流似箭",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sigwang'yusajeon",
      "sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
      "word": "시광유사전"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tempus fugit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
      "word": "زمان زود می گذرد"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
      "word": "czas leci"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
      "word": "o tempo voa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
      "word": "timpul fuge"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vrémja letít",
      "sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
      "word": "вре́мя лети́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
      "word": "el tiempo vuela"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
      "word": "timmen flyger"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
      "word": "tiden flyger"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
      "word": "mabilis ang panahon"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
      "word": "thời gian qua mau"
    }
  ],
  "word": "time flies"
}

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