# time flies

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/time-flies
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

Time passes quickly.

## Examples

- I cannot believe it is already evening; time flies.
- We have been talking for three hours, but it feels like ten minutes because time flies when you are having fun.
- As the years pass, one often reflects on how quickly time flies, turning once-vibrant memories into distant, hazy echoes of the past.

## Origin

Calque of Latin tempus fugit.

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