proverb
Meaning 1
Synonym of time flies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: phrasal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: time flies
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
tempus fugit
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proverb
Meaning 2
Expressing concern that one's limited time is being consumed by something which may have little intrinsic substance or importance at that moment; often, synonym of life is short.
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tempus fugit, from the third book of the Georgics by the Roman poet Virgil (70–19 BCE): sed fugit interea fugit irreparabile tempus (“meanwhile, the irreplaceable time escapes”, literally “but it flees meanwhile: irretrievable time flees”).