se nos va

is slipping away from us

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phrase Rare #29,201
is slipping away from us Used when someone or something is leaving, passing, or getting out of our control. The verb changes tense to match the situation.
SP: Se nos va el tiempo.
EN: Time is slipping away from us.

La vida se nos va mientras esperamos para vivir.

Life passes us by while we wait to live.

¡Vamos, apúrate que se nos va el tren!

Come on, hurry up, we're going to miss the train!

Venga, que se nos va el ascensor.

Come on, the elevator’s leaving without us.

— Hogar (2020)

Esto se nos va de las manos.

This is getting out of hand.

¡Si se nos va, estamos perdidos!

If we lose it, we're done for!

— El señor de los anillos: El retorno del rey (2003)

Vamos, se nos va el tiempo.

Come on, we're running out of time.

— Rudo y Cursi (2008)

¡Gradisca se casa y se nos va!

Gradisca is getting married and leaving us!

— Amarcord (1973)

Se nos va.

He's leaving us.

— El señor de los anillos: La comunidad del anillo (2001)