"With the passage of time"...

[Mehrgan]

Hi,
Would you please give me some synonyms to this phrase? I suppose this is too formal to be used in daily speech.

Thanks.

 

[Rover_KE]

As time went by...

As time past...

As time went on...

Rover

 

[2006]

As time went by...

As time past... Is this okay in BrE, or do you mean 'passed'?

As time went on...

Rover

2006

 

[philadelphia]

I have never heard of 'past' instead of 'passed'.

 

[2006]

I have never heard of 'past' instead of 'passed'.

Neither have I.

 

[Rover_KE]

Oops!

Rover

I'm doing a hundred lines.

 

[birdeen's call]

Is "with the passing of time" idiomatic?

 

[2006]

Oops!

Rover

I'm doing a hundred lines.

Gosh you're hard on yourself. Twenty lines should be enough.

 

[2006]

Is "with the passing of time" idiomatic?

Idiomatic has more than one meaning; I'm not sure what you mean.
It's not an idiom or peculiar in any way. It means what it says, 'as time goes by'.

Idiomatic | Define Idiomatic at Dictionary.com

 

[birdeen's call]

I used a wrong word probably. I meant an sequence of words that is often used and considered a whole. Not necessarily one that is difficult to translate.

 

[2006]

a[STRIKE]n[/STRIKE] sequence of words that is often used and considered a whole Yes, that's what it is. And its meaning is clear, directly from the words used.

2006

 

[Rover_KE]

Gosh you're hard on yourself. Twenty lines should be enough.

You're too kind.

Rover

 

[cubezero3]

Gosh you're hard on yourself. Twenty lines should be enough.

A hundren lines? Twenty lines? You both have lost me there. Could you please tell my what you are talking about.

:up:

 

[Rover_KE]

A hundren lines? Twenty lines? You both have lost me there. Could you please tell my what you are talking about.

:up:

It's a reference to a school punishment of disobedient or inattentive pupils.

I was punishing myself for making a careless mistake.

Have you seen The Simpsons? In the opening sequence Bart is often shown having been kept behind after school writing the same sentence over and over again on the blackboard.

He's doing lines.

Rover

 

[cubezero3]

It's a reference to a school punishment of disobedient or inattentive pupils.

I was punishing myself for making a careless mistake.

Have you seen The Simpsons? In the opening sequence Bart is often shown having been kept behind after school writing the same sentence over and over again on the blackboard.

He's doing lines.

Rover

I see.

My first middle school maths teacher used to ask us to do the same question many times. "Today's homework is to do your exercises ten times.", so went his catch phrase. None of the students have ever visited him after our graduation. :-D

Thanks for your explanation.