Daily life
time slips by
time passes unnoticed
If time slips by, it passes quietly and quickly before you notice it.
Hear it in real life
We've been talking for three hours.
I know, time just slipped by.
Time slips by when I am reading a good novel.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Time slips by my eyes when I read a good novel.
Say: Time slips by when I read a good novel.
Use “slips by” on its own; “by my eyes” is an unnatural addition here.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
time slips by; time slipped by
Your turn: say it out loud
Time slips by when I am reading a good novel.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
time slips by
time passes unnoticed
“Time slips by when I am reading a good novel.”
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