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词汇 sands-of-time
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the sands of time


idiom literary
used as a way of referring to time, especially to the fact that it passes quickly:
This is the best chance the ageing player has of holding back the sands of time.
The small Chicago theatre has, incredibly, beaten back the shifting sands of time and high rents to survive for more than 25 years.
The sands of time are finally running out on the club's golden age.
Really, the only lasting footprints we leave on the sands of time are our children.
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