idiom · informal
time flies
/taɪm flaɪz/TIME FLIES
speaking
used to say that time seems to pass very quickly
Examples
“Time flies when you're enjoying yourself—it's already been five years since graduation.”
“I can't believe it's December already; time flies.”
“With two kids and full-time work, she often says 'time flies.'”
Band 8 sentence
“Reflecting on the decade of research, the professor noted that time flies and breakthroughs often arrive unexpectedly.”
Collocations
- time flies when you're having fun
Word family
time flew verb phrase (past)
Common mistakes
Times fly so fast.→Time flies so fast.
The time flies when we happy.→Time flies when we're happy.
Say it for a higher band
5it goes fast→6time passes quickly→7+time flies
Synonyms
time passes quickly
Easily confused
time passes quickly
“Time passes quickly when you're not paying attention to your goals.”
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