time flies

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Calque of Latin tempus fugit.

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: الْوَقْتُ يَمْضِي (al-waqtu yamḍī) — time seems to pass quickly
• Basque: denbora azkar doa — time seems to pass quickly
• Chinese Cantonese: 䁪吓眼 (zaam2 haa5 ngaan5) — time seems to pass quickly
• Chinese Mandarin: 光陰似箭 /光阴似箭 (guāngyīnsìjiàn) — time seems to pass quickly
• Chinese Mandarin: 時光飛逝 /时光飞逝 (shíguāngfēishì) — time seems to pass quickly
• Chinese Mandarin: 時日如飛 /时日如飞 (shírìrúfēi) — time seems to pass quickly
• Chinese Mandarin: 光陰荏苒 /光阴荏苒 (guāngyīnrénrǎn) — time seems to pass quickly
• Chinese Mandarin: 轉眼間 /转眼间 (zhuányǎnjiān) — time seems to pass quickly
• Danish: tiden flyver — time seems to pass quickly
• Dutch: de tijd vliegt — time seems to pass quickly
• Esperanto: tempo flugas — time seems to pass quickly
• Faroese: tíðin flýgur — time seems to pass quickly
• Finnish: aika rientää — time seems to pass quickly
• French: le temps passe vite — time seems to pass quickly
• German: die Zeit vergeht wie im Flug — time seems to pass quickly
• Greek: ο χρόνος φεύγει (o chrónos févgei) — time seems to pass quickly
• Hindi: समय गुज़र जाता है (samay guzar jātā hai) — time seems to pass quickly
• Hungarian: repül az idő — time seems to pass quickly
• Hungarian: szalad az idő — time seems to pass quickly
• Hungarian: rohan az idő — time seems to pass quickly
• Icelandic: tíminn flýgur — time seems to pass quickly
• Italian: il tempo fugge — time seems to pass quickly
• Japanese: 光陰矢の如し (kōin ya no gotoshi) — time seems to pass quickly
• Korean: 광음사전 (gwang'eumsajeon) — time seems to pass quickly
• Korean: 시광유사전 (sigwang'yusajeon) — time seems to pass quickly
• Latin: tempus fugit — time seems to pass quickly
• Persian: زمان زود می گذرد — time seems to pass quickly
• Polish: czas leci — time seems to pass quickly
• Portuguese: o tempo voa — time seems to pass quickly
• Romanian: timpul fuge — time seems to pass quickly
• Russian: вре́мя лети́т (vrémja letít) — time seems to pass quickly
• Spanish: el tiempo vuela — time seems to pass quickly
• Swedish: timmen flyger — time seems to pass quickly
• Swedish: tiden flyger — time seems to pass quickly
• Tagalog: mabilis ang panahon — time seems to pass quickly
• Tamil: காலம் கடந்து போகும் (kālam kaṭantu pōkum) — time seems to pass quickly
• Ukrainian: час летить (čas letytʹ) — time seems to pass quickly
• Ukrainian: час минає (čas mynaje) — time seems to pass quickly
• Ukrainian: час біжить (čas bižytʹ) — time seems to pass quickly
• Vietnamese: thời gian qua mau — time seems to pass quickly