the sands of time
- Nghĩa tiếng Việt
- Thời gian trôi
- Định nghĩa tiếng Anh
- A poetic way of describing the passing of the years, especially as they slip away.
Ví dụ: The sands of time had softened even her sharpest memories.

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Thành ngữ dùng để nói về áp lực thời gian và hạn chót, như time is of the essence, pressed for time và a stopgap, thường gặp trong công việc và cuộc sống hằng ngày.

Ví dụ: The sands of time had softened even her sharpest memories.

Ví dụ: Start today — time waits for no one.

Ví dụ: There's a window of opportunity to apply before the deadline closes.

Ví dụ: They ran out of time before completing the final question.

Ví dụ: He asked for an extension just to buy some time.

Ví dụ: Please respond today — time is of the essence.

Ví dụ: I can't chat now — I'm really pressed for time.

Ví dụ: They finally fixed the road — not before time, if you ask me.

Ví dụ: It's high time we cleaned out this garage.

Ví dụ: Since retiring, he's had a lot of time on his hands.

Ví dụ: She can be on a plane at a moment's notice and often is.

Ví dụ: They bought the boat on the spur of the moment and regretted it.

Ví dụ: The portacabin was a stopgap and it stood for eleven years.

Ví dụ: The grant bought a stay of execution and nothing more.

Ví dụ: In hindsight the warning signs were all in the first report.

Ví dụ: The whole build came in ahead of schedule for once.

Ví dụ: He is up at the crack of dawn whatever time he went to bed.

Ví dụ: The place is ordinary until the witching hour, they say.

Ví dụ: The opening was a red-letter day for the whole village.

Ví dụ: In the interim the office was run by whoever turned up.
