how time flies

how time flies

Time seems to move very or more quickly. "My, how time flies" can also be used. Wow, it's midnight already? I feel like we just got here. How time flies! I can't believe your kid is about to graduate high school. How time flies.
See also: flies, how, time
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

(My,) how time flies.

 
1. Time has gone by quickly, it is time for me to go. Bill: Look at the clock! Mary: How time flies! I guess you'll be going. Bill: Yes, I have to get up early. John: My watch says it's nearly midnight. How time flies! Jane: Yes, it's late. We really must go.
2. Time passes quickly. (Said especially when talking about how children grow and develop.) "Look at how big Billy is getting," said Uncle Michael. "My, how time flies." Tom: It seems it was just yesterday that I graduated from high school. Now I'm a grandfather. Mary: My, how time flies.
See also: flies, how, time
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

time flies

Time moves swiftly onward. Time was said to fly or flee by numerous ancients, especially the Romans, for whom Tempus fugit (translated as “time flies,” although it also means “flees”) was a well-known proverb. Chaucer wrote, “For though we sleep or wake, or rome, or ryde, Ay fleeth the tyme, it nil no man abyde” (The Clerk’s Tale). Occasionally the term was amplified, such as “Time flies as swiftly as an arrow” (in Ken Hoshino’s translation of Kaibaka Ekken’s Ten Kun, 1710). Today we sometimes say, how time flies, occasionally amplified (either seriously or satirically) with when you’re having fun.
See also: flies, time
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • time flies
  • tempus fugit
  • against time
  • about time
  • (it's) (a)bout time
  • any time
  • (it's) time to move along
  • (it's) time to run
  • (it's) time to push along
  • a week from next Tuesday
References in classic literature
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