time stands still
Clock seems stopped
Time stands still describes the subjective experience of a moment feeling suspended or frozen—when awareness becomes so heightened that normal temporal flow seems to pause.
The phrase captures peak experiences of shock, beauty, terror, or love: When I first saw her, time stood still.
It can also describe unchanging places or circumstances: In that village, time stands still.
- frozenSolidified by extreme cold
- momentBrief period of time
- suspendedHalted or hanging temporarily
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- held breathAir retained in lungs
bated breath · eternity · breathless · motionless · stopped clock · infinite · clock · silence · waiting · limbo · halt · snapshot · suspended animation · eternal · crystallized · split second · heartbeat · hush
time stands stilltime flies
Perception of accelerating duration
blink of an eye · lost track of time · before you know it · fleeting moments · in the blink of an eye
time stands stillautopilot
Automated vehicle guidance system
going through the motions · lost track of time · same old same old
time, times, timed, timing, timely, untimely, timeless, timer, overtime