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time flies when you're having fun en · X

Pronunciation

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Meanings

  1. Time seems to pass more quickly when one is enjoying oneself.
    • "Time flies when you're having fun!" said one of the skiers in our party. "Yeah, but time's more fun when you're flying," Jay one-upped. 1991, Ski, volume 56, number 3, page 102:

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Translations (5)

it il tempo vola quando ci si diverte (time seems to pass more quickly when enjoying oneself) · pl to, co dobre, szybko się kończy (time seems to pass more quickly when enjoying oneself) · sv tiden går fort när man har roligt (time seems to pass more quickly when enjoying oneself) · uk час летить, коли вам весело (time seems to pass more quickly when enjoying oneself) · pt o tempo voa quando a gente se diverte (time seems to pass more quickly when enjoying oneself)