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.
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time flies

Time seems to move very or more quickly. (Often used in the phrase "time flies when you're having fun.") Wow, it's midnight already? I feel like we just got here. Time flies when you're having fun! I can't believe your kid is about to graduate high school. Time sure flies.
See also: flies, 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

time flies (when you're having fun)

Fig. time passes very quickly. (From the Latin tempus fugit.) I didn't really think it was so late when the party ended. Doesn't time fly? Time simply flew while the old friends exchanged news.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

time flies

Time passes quickly, as in It's midnight already? Time flies when you're having fun, or I guess it's ten years since I last saw you-how time flies. This idiom was first recorded about 1800 but Shakespeare used a similar phrase, "the swiftest hours, as they flew," as did Alexander Pope, "swift fly the years."
See also: flies, time
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

time ˈflies

(saying) time seems to pass very quickly: How time flies! I’ve got to go now. Time has flown since I started working here.This is a translation of the Latin phrase ‘tempus fugit’.
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

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:
  • how time flies
  • tempus fugit
  • against time
  • (it's) (a)bout time
  • about 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 periodicals archive
Blunt, originally from Worcester, is an adopted Cardiffian who has been organising major parties in the city for the last 16 years, since the feathers of Time Flies were first plumped.
KING of clubs; South Wales clubbing brand Time Flies celebrates its 15th birthday next weekend with two big gigs in Cardiff. GAVIN ALLEN talks to its founder Henry Blunt
'I'm really looking forward to it, I've not played for Time Flies before and it's always exciting to play a new night.
Dangerman!
Time Flies managing director Henry Blunt said he is working with the council to remedy the flyposter problem.
WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED
Henry Blunt, Time Flies founder and managing director, confirmed that they had already looked at a couple of premises in the capital, but as yet nothing has met the kind of criteria they are looking for.
TIME MARCHES ON
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Legends and the the fun-factor
CREAM of the DJing crop Seb Fontaine, headlines the Time Flies end-of-the-month special at the Emporium, High Street, Cardiff, next Saturday.
Friday clubs: WIN!
Henry Blunt is casting his mind back through the years picking out the highlights of Time Flies -- the longest-running club night in Wales.
Time Flies: The colourful history of the longest-running club night in Wales; From silk on the ceilings to tie-ups with Radio One, legendary club night Time Flies has endured an epic 25 years
It's amazing how time flies and we've all seen how much Daisy has benefited from going to nursery.
Let's be positive
AIt fostered a host of trailblazing nights such as Time Flies and Lamerica, attracting fiercely loyal crowds who would flock to the multi-level club on High Street in Cardiff city centre.
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Actor and Ormoc Mayor Richard Gomez on Thursday said 'time flies so quickly,' after he realized that his daughter is already 18 years old.
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QUIZ
How time flies as we can all still remember about a year ago when Paul Okoye announced the birth of his twins with wife, Anita.
Psquare Twin Celebrates 1st Birthday Of His Twins
Time Flies, first launched by promoter Henry Blunt, has enticed world-renowned DJs Toney De Vit, Armin Van Buuren, Paul Van Dyk and Carl Cox to Cardiff since its first event at the Coal Exchange in 1994.
Wales' longest-running club night celebrates its birthday
Just get through school because time flies by fast."
Carrier Mills-Stonefort High School's Senior of the Week for the week of Jan. 1
Remember that time flies when and because you aren't paying attention to it.
A Year Of Chaos And Tumult