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time flies
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time seems to pass very quickly
Usually in the present simple: 'Time flies!' The full saying is 'Time flies when you're having fun.'
In context
I can't believe we graduated five years ago. Time really flies!
Time flies when you're having fun, and the weekend was over before we knew it.
More idioms about time
- around the clockall day and all night, without stopping
- at the last minuteat the latest possible time, just before something happens or must be done
- behind the timesold-fashioned; not using the newest ideas, methods or technology
- buy timeto delay something so that you have more time to prepare or decide
- for the time beingfor now, until something changes