Time and tide wait for no man.

岁月不等人。

《新英汉大辞典》

It is a true saying that time and tide wait for no man.

“时不我与”， 确是至理名言。

《新英汉大辞典》

The Chinese and English languages share a proverb: Time and tide wait for no man.

中英两国虽然语言文字不同，但有一句相同的谚语：时不我待。

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