life speeds past; time slips away (/passes quickly) ❍ ～须当惜，风雨阴晴任变迁。(《红楼梦》260) As life speeds past we learn to hold it dear—|What cares it whether foul or fair the day?/～，日月如梭，早过一月有余。(《水浒全传》776)Time slipped away,the sun and moon shuttling across the sky. More than a month went by.