tempus fugit
tempus fugit proverb: synonym of time flies.
Proverb
tempus fugit
- Synonym of time flies.
- TEMPUS FUGIT!! And Christmas has Come Again, and with all its Joys and Pleasures, not the least of which IS THE ONE OF GIVING!!1880 December 19, “D. Crawford & Co.”, in St. Louis Globe-Democrat, volume 6, number 203, St. Louis, Mo., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 1
- Suddenly the assemblage began to sing. "Let the flag of the kingdom, so graceful and fair, / Be raised while its citizens sing, / 'Hurrah! Tempus Fugit!' the national air, / And kneel to our glorious king!1908, Percy Keese Fitzhugh, King Time: Or The Mystical Land of the Hours, a Fantasy, New York and Boston: H.M. Caldwell Company, page 181
- Synonyms:
- time flies
- Expressing concern that one's limited time is being consumed by something which may have little intrinsic substance or importance at that moment; often, synonym of life is short.
tempus fugit meaning in Tamil
tempus fugit in Tamil
- நேர ஓட்டம்
Synonyms of tempus fugit
Origin of tempus fugit
Borrowed from Latin tempus fugit, from the third book of the Georgics by the Roman poet Virgil (70–19 BCE): sed fugit interea fugit irreparabile tempus (“meanwhile, the irreplaceable time escapes”, literally “but it flees meanwhile: irretrievable time flees”).
Questions about tempus fugit
- What does tempus fugit mean?
- Tempus fugit means synonym of time flies.
- What is tempus fugit in Tamil?
- Tempus fugit in Tamil is நேர ஓட்டம். See Tempus fugit meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is tempus fugit?
- Tempus fugit is a proverb.
Words near tempus fugit in the dictionary
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