time flies like an arrow; time and tide wait for no man; life is short

like; similar to; just like

(archery, weaponry) an arrow / a wedge used to break hard objects such as wood or stone / a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with various designs of arrows

a year

time (in a person's life)

A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference)

(a duration of) one year / an unspecified year in the past

to pass by, to pass through; to go beyond / to elapse; to exceed / (auxiliary) too, too much (verb)

past, after / too, too much / in/to excess, overdoing something

over-, too much / after, past