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- phrase
time flies (used as an alternative to this phrase). - phrase "Meanwhile, the
irreplaceable timeescapes ", expressing concern that one's limited time is being consumed by something which may have little intrinsic substance or importance at that moment.
Etymologies
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Borrowed from Latin, from the verse Georgica which was written by the Roman poet Virgil which is sed fugit interea fugit irreparabile tempus ("but it flees meanwhile: irretrievable time flees") which has the less literal translation "while, the irreplaceable time escapes".
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slumry commented on the word tempus fugit
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
June 19, 2007
john commented on the word tempus fugit
“You can barely see the gears in the timepiece actually moving — none of that tempus fugit nonsense often ascribed to working clocks.�?
The New York Times, How the Railroads Took Control of Time, by Alan Feuer, September 16, 2009
September 17, 2009