flies by
Goes past fast
Flies by describes time passing quickly, often so swiftly that one barely notices.
The phrase typically appears with time-related subjects: Time flies by when you're having fun.
It can also describe something moving past at speed, though this literal sense is less common than the temporal one.
The expression captures that disorienting feeling of looking back and wondering where the hours, days, or years went.
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
- ephemeralLasting very briefly
- swiftMoving with speed
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- fleetingPassing very quickly
impermanent · short-lived · rapid · quick as lightning · vanishing · slips away · brief · passing · passing by · bittersweet · buzzing · hovering · fluttering · fast · hurried · migrating · momentary · here today