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Sands of time (idiom)
The sands of time is an English idiom relating the passage of time to the sand in an hourglass.
The hourglass is an antiquated timing instrument consisting of two glass chambers connected vertically by a narrow passage which allows sand to trickle from the upper part to the lower by means of gravity. The amount of sand determines the amount of time that passes as the chamber is emptied. The image of the sand being emptied in the hourglass creates a visual metaphor for the limited duration of the days of our lives.
==Uses==
The phrase was used in the seventh stanza of the poem ''A Psalm of Life'' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time
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