What is "sands of time"

n. (context literary English) time considered as a finite commodity that is gradually run out, as the sand in an hourglass

Sands of time may refer to:

• Sands of time (idiom), a figurative expression in the English language relating the passage of time to the sand in an hourglass.

Sands of Time is the sixth album released by the R&B band The S.O.S. Band on the Tabu label in April 1986. It was produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. This would be the last album to feature original lead singer Mary Davis before she left the group to embark on a solo career.

Sands of Time is an opera created by Welsh composer Peter Reynolds and librettist Simon Rees. It is credited by Guinness World Records as the shortest opera on Earth at 3 minutes and 34 seconds. Reynolds said the piece was intended to "match the boiling of an egg" and "to create a piece which bore the same relationship to opera as a miniature does to a full-length portrait...It included all the component parts of an opera - overture, introductory chorus, arias and recitative - though in highly condensed form". The opera debuted on March 27, 1993 in Cardiff city centre.

Sands of Time is the debut album by the Australian power metal band Black Majesty.

Sands of Time EP is the debut EP by the Australian power metal band Black Majesty.

Sands of Time is a 2010 album by the Japanese rock band Nothing's Carved in Stone released on June 9, 2010. It reached No. 14 on the Japanese Oricon album charts.

Sands of Time is the seventh studio album by Jay and the Americans released on March 15, 1969. The album went to #51 on The Billboard 200. It reached #30 on the Cashbox charts.

The song " This Magic Moment" hit #6 on The Billboard Hot 100 and was the group's first top ten hit in over three years. The song " Hushabye" hit #62 and "When You Dance" went to #70 in 1969. The album was conducted and arranged by Thomas Kaye.

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.