English
Etymology
Calque of Latin tempus fugit.
Pronunciation
Phrase
time flies
- (idiomatic) Time passes quickly.
- Synonym: tempus fugit
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 (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
- 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: please add this translation if you can
- Vietnamese: thời gian qua mau
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