TAKOBOTO

In a flash, before one knows it, in a blink of an eye, in no time, flash by, (time) flies
Time flies when you're having fun
時間が自分のと思うより早かったの意味です

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あっというまにすなあらしにおそわれた。

Before we knew where we were, the dust storm was on us.

あっというまににげてしまった。

He disappeared in an instant.

クリスマスのじきにはあっというまにまんせきになるからはやくひこうきのらんなさい。

Book your flight early as it fills up quickly during Christmas.

クレジットカードをつかうとあっというまにしゃっきんをつくりやすい。

It's easy to get into debt quickly with charge cards.

とりはあっというまにとびさった。

The bird flew away in a flash.

じかんはあっというまにすぎた。

Time flew by.

としつきがあっというまにすぎた。

The years rolled on quickly.

あっというまかれはしゅくだいをしました。

He did his homework in no time.

I`m not sure if this should be entered as grammar or as vocabulary, but it is a very important saying. Japan has a lot of set phrases and in order to sound natural its best to memorize as many as you can.

あっという間　lit. translates to
"In the middle of saying あぁ”

before you could finish your sentence time had run out

tigert

#7520 Time "flew" by

lafcadio

Sorry, #7250 - Time "flew" by

lafcadio

I noticed that in all the other examples あっと言う間 is followed by に. In ex. 8641, however, it isn't. Is this an error or is the に only used in certain cases?

MorningCoffee

In ex#6666:

The "と" after "使う", does it mean that the effect (i.e. getting into debt) is bound to happen if we use credit cards?

So can it be explained in this way?: (action that we take)と(effect).

Thanks in advance for any explanations given!

jae-