English Explanatory Dictionary

this too shall pass

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. Nothing, good or bad, lasts forever; all circumstances are temporary.

Word forms

this too shall pass this too shall pass away

Etymology

Calque of Classical Persian اِین نِیز بُگْذَرَد (īn nīz bugzarad). Compare Latin sic transit gloria mundi.

Related words

tomorrow is another day
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