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Is the clock ticking?

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting. On January 20th, 2014, Tumblr user loomineers posted a Windows notification meme based on the quote, adding the options "I understand" and "Remain ignorant" to it.

Where did the idiom clock is ticking come from?

The exact origin of the idiom clock is ticking is unknown. The word tick, to mean the sound a clock makes, first came into use in the 1500s, with the word used to express the passage of time recorded by the 1770s. The idiom clock is ticking came into use sometime in the second half of the twentieth century.

Is the clock is ticking a true story?

You can help confirm this entry by contributing facts, media, and other evidence of notability and mutation. Unfortunately, the Clock Is Ticking is a quote about mortality from the 1988 novel Dance, Dance, Dance by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami.

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